IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mesa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CO085001
  • User Pedon ID: 81CO085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0622
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49466
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.4952774
  • Std. Longitude: -107.9938889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 49N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: approximately .1 mile S and .25 mile E of center
  • Location Description: Montrose County, County
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO085—Montrose

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mesa
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mesa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1981
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    1821

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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 81P03681
    1B2t—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03682
    1B22tca—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03683. Many Ca spots.
    1B3ca—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent coarse platy carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03684. many coarse lime concretions concentrations
    2C1cacs—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; very gravelly clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium dendritic carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03685. common medium lime concretions concentrations
    2C2cacs—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; cobbly clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium dendritic carbonate concretions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03686. common medium lime concretions concentrations
    3C3cacs—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; stony loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent fine dendritic carbonate nodules; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 81P03687. many fine lime nodules concentrations