IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CO081001
  • User Pedon ID: 86CO081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0554
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58359
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.6997223
  • Std. Longitude: -107.5408325
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 90W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet E and 1000 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Borollic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milren
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Phillips
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Borollic Paleargid
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    8

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    1995

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    180

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    1E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    1E/B—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03204. common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; clay; 43 percent clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03205. common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1Btk1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay; 43 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03206. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; effervescence is discontinuous
    1Btk2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay; 43 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium silica masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few medium soft masses of silica concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1Bk—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay; 40 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent medium silica masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. few medium soft masses of silica concentrations