IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Obadia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986CO081002
  • User Pedon ID: 86CO081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0555
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58360
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: -107.5411148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 90W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet E and 1000 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Borollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Obadia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Absher
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Borollic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • 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
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    1E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    1Bt1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1Bt2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03207. common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1Btk1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine silica masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03208. few fine soft masses of silica concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1Btk2—41 to 107 centimeters (16.1 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium silica masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03209. few medium soft masses of silica concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1Btk3—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium silica masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. few medium soft masses of silica concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds