IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tolvar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985CO077001
  • User Pedon ID: 85CO077001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985CO077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0864
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57130
  • 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: 39.1233330
  • Std. Longitude: -107.8780594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 94W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet W and 1800 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO077—Mesa
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bowman, Cencich, Bauer, Hughes, and Mays
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tolvar
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Paleboralfs
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • 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

    ABIES

    PICEA

    Abies

    Picea

    fir

    spruce

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    69—122

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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

    9

    3110

    45

    89

    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # 85P04641
    Oe—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    E—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04642
    E/B—36 to 59 centimeters (14.2 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04643
    B/E—59 to 82 centimeters (23.2 to 32.3 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 60 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04644. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 219397; patchy - phpvsfiid 219397
    Bt1—82 to 99 centimeters (32.3 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly clay; 42 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04645. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 219398; continuous - phpvsfiid 219398
    Bt2—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly clay; 42 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04646. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 219399; continuous - phpvsfiid 219399
    BC—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; 37 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04647