IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Granath
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CO033002
  • User Pedon ID: 86CO033002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986CO033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0855
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59149
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.6755562
  • Std. Longitude: -108.6938858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 860—Granath-Nortez complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO033—Dolores
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO672—Animas-Dolores Area, Colorado, Parts of Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan, and San Miguel Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Price, A; Hoffheins, D; Bowman, G; Klameth, L
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Granath
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Acree
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Argiboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1986 (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

    AMUT

    JUMO

    PIED

    Amelanchier utahensis

    Juniperus monosperma

    Pinus edulis

    Utah serviceberry

    oneseed juniper

    twoneedle pinyon

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    25—102

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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

    4

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    2300

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    40

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    1E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05110. This layer may be a thin eolian cap on the soil surface.; many very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout
    1BA—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05111. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 231708; patchy - phpvsfiid 231708
    1Bt1—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 2.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05112. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 231709; patchy - phpvsfiid 231709
    1Bt2—40 to 52 centimeters (15.7 to 20.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 2.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05113. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 231710; continuous - phpvsfiid 231710
    1Bt3—52 to 70 centimeters (20.5 to 27.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay; 43 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05114. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 231711; continuous - phpvsfiid 231711
    1Bt4—70 to 102 centimeters (27.6 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay; 45 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05115. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 231712; continuous - phpvsfiid 231712
    1Btk1—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay; 41 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05116. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 231713; continuous - phpvsfiid 231713
    1Btk2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dry; clay; 40 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P05117. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 220987; continuous - phpvsfiid 220987