IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Behanco

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1986CO083001

User Pedon ID: 86CO083001

Vegetation Plot ID: S1986CO083001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 86P0858

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59152

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: 37.5991669

Std. Longitude: -108.2388916

Datum: WGS84

Township: 39N

Range: 13W

Section: 36

PLSS Details: Projected in unsectionized area. SW 1/4, SW 1/4

Map Unit: 815—Behanco-Powderhorn family complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes

State: Colorado

County: CO083—Montezuma

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; Bowman, G; Bauer, R; Klameth, L; Rich, M

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Pachic Haplocryolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Behanco

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Behanin

Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Pachic Cryoboroll

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 noncalcareous sandstone

Landscape: plateaus or tablelands

Landform: mesa or butte

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments: 1.45 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
ALBA PIEN	Aloe barbadensis Picea engelmannii	— Engelmann spruce	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon	0—43	—-

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	—	—	2890	—	225	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

1A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05134. many very fine roots throughout

1A2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; very flaggy loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, phenol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P05135. common very fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout

1E—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; very channery loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, phenol red; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P05136. common very fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout

1E/B—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; very channery loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05137. few very fine roots throughout

1C1—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, dry; very channery sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 150-265-380 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05138. few very fine roots throughout

1C2—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior, yellow (10YR 7/8) interior, dry; clay; 45 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05139. few very fine roots throughout

1Cr—132 to 145 centimeters (52.0 to 57.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, dry; sand; 10 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05140

1R—145 to 200 centimeters (57.1 to 78.7 inches); fragments.