IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Narraguinnep
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CO033004
  • User Pedon ID: 86CO033004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986CO033004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0857
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59151
  • 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: 37.7116661
  • Std. Longitude: -108.5730591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 706—Narraguinnep clay loam, 5 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: Hoffheins, D; Bauer, R; Bowman, G; Klameth, L
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Narraguinnep
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Narraguinnep
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Pachic Haploboroll
  • 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: residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • 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)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • 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

    BRCI

    QUGA

    Brachiaria ciliatissima

    Quercus gambelii

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    Gambel oak

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—105

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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

    5

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    2525

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    225

    55

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    1A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05126. many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    1Bt—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay bridges on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05127. few clay bridging surface features on vertical faces of peds; common medium roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220996; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220996
    1Bw1—32 to 57 centimeters (12.6 to 22.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05128. common pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds; common medium roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 220997; patchy - phpvsfiid 220997
    1Bw2—57 to 84 centimeters (22.4 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05129. common pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 220998; patchy - phpvsfiid 220998
    1Bw3—84 to 105 centimeters (33.1 to 41.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular and 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05130. few pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 220999; patchy - phpvsfiid 220999
    1C—105 to 127 centimeters (41.3 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05131. few pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221000; patchy - phpvsfiid 221000
    1Ck1—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05132. few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; effervescence is discontinuous
    1Ck2—150 to 176 centimeters (59.1 to 69.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 86P05133. few fine roots throughout