IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tellura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CO105003
  • User Pedon ID: 84CO105003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0728
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54971
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 37.4583321
  • Std. Longitude: -106.3083344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO105—Rio Grande

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, smectitic Alfic Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tellura
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tellura
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic Argic Cryoboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    15

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    745

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    46

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    1A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; cobbly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04028
    1A2—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04029
    1Bt1—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04030
    1Bt2—50 to 81 centimeters (19.7 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very cobbly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04031
    1Bt3—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very cobbly clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04032
    1C—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P04033