IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985CO051005
  • User Pedon ID: 85CO051005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985CO051005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0870
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57136
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 38.9883347
  • Std. Longitude: -107.0697250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 87W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO051—Gunnison
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bowman, Bauer, Cencich, Cryer, Hughes
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moran
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryumbrepts
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ACHIL

    Achillea

    yarrow

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

    umbric epipedon

    0—64

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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

    55

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    3445

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    135

    89

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # 85P04675
    A1—8 to 27 centimeters (3.1 to 10.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, dry; extremely stony very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04676. many very fine roots
    A2—27 to 72 centimeters (10.6 to 28.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; extremely stony loam; single grain; soft, very friable; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04677
    Bw1—72 to 106 centimeters (28.3 to 41.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; extremely stony loam; single grain; soft, very friable; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04678
    C—106 to 160 centimeters (41.7 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04679