IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Broad Canyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985CO051004
  • User Pedon ID: 85CO051004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985CO051004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0869
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57135
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.6427765
  • Std. Longitude: -107.4041672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 51N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO051—Gunnison
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bauer, Bowman, Mays, Cencich, Hughes
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Broad Canyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryoborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: upper third
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 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

    PICEA

    Picea

    spruce

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—36

    36—97

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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

    14

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    3299

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    315

    81

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    O1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 85P04668
    A1—13 to 26 centimeters (5.1 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine granular, and structureless crumb structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04669. many very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout
    A2—26 to 49 centimeters (10.2 to 19.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04670. many very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout
    Bw1—49 to 82 centimeters (19.3 to 32.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct skeletans on faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay bridges on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04671. few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; few clay bridging surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219407; patchy - phpvsfiid 219408; patchy - phpvsfiid 219407; patchy - phpvsfiid 219408
    Bw2—82 to 110 centimeters (32.3 to 43.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and structureless medium structure; slightly hard, very friable; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04672
    C1—110 to 153 centimeters (43.3 to 60.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04673
    C2—153 to 165 centimeters (60.2 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04674