IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pagoda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CO033003
  • User Pedon ID: 86CO033003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986CO033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0856
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59150
  • 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: 37.6311111
  • Std. Longitude: -108.4430542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 508—Herm-Pagoda 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; Bauer, R; Bowman, G; Klameth, L
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pagoda
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2009
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pagoda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Pachic Argiboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 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 - conifers
  • 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

    PIPO

    PIST3

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pinus strobiformis

    ponderosa pine

    southwestern white pine

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—73

    20—120

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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

    3

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    2420

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    225

    54

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Litter of pine needles, tiwgs and cones.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05118. common very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout
    BA—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent faint skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05119. few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 220988; patchy - phpvsfiid 220989; patchy - phpvsfiid 220988; patchy - phpvsfiid 220989
    Bt1—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05120. common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220990; patchy - phpvsfiid 220991; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220990; patchy - phpvsfiid 220991
    Bt2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; clay; 68 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular and 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05121. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220992; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220992
    Bt3—76 to 98 centimeters (29.9 to 38.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay; 68 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05122. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; few coarse roots between peds; common coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 220993; continuous - phpvsfiid 220993
    Btk—98 to 123 centimeters (38.6 to 48.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay; 68 percent clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05123. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; few medium roots between peds; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 220994; continuous - phpvsfiid 220994
    Ck1—123 to 153 centimeters (48.4 to 60.2 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, white (10YR 8/1) interior, dry; clay; 60 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium roots between peds; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05124. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; few medium roots between peds; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220995; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220995
    Ck2—153 to 183 centimeters (60.2 to 72.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior, white (10YR 8/1) interior, dry; clay; 60 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P05125. effervescence is continuous