IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Storm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985CO051001
  • User Pedon ID: 85CO051001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985CO051001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0866
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57132
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.1199989
  • Std. Longitude: -107.2880554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 89W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1120 feet E and 80 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO051—Gunnison
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bowman, Mays, Bauer, Hughes, Cencich, and Cryer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Thixotropic over loamy Typic Paleboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Storm
  • PSC - 66 to 107 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Horsethief
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Paleboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABIES

    PICEA

    Abies

    Picea

    fir

    spruce

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    66—107

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    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

    63

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    2689

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    315

    89

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    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # 85P04652
    E—8 to 41 centimeters (3.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; cobbly sandy loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04653. common fine roots throughout
    E/B—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, 70 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; very stony sandy loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04654. few medium roots throughout
    Bt—74 to 115 centimeters (29.1 to 45.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; very stony sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04655. Few thin clay films on ped faces.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 219401; continuous - phpvsfiid 219401
    BC—115 to 138 centimeters (45.3 to 54.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; extremely stony loamy sand; 7 percent clay; massive; loose; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04656. few medium roots throughout
    C—138 to 161 centimeters (54.3 to 63.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; extremely stony loamy sand; 7 percent clay; massive; loose; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04657