IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ripple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CO081010
  • User Pedon ID: 87CO081010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60217
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ripple
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (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

    28

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    O—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E1—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; loam; 50 percent sand; 19 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    E2—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 17 percent clay; moderate coarse platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E/Bw—38 to 44 centimeters (15.0 to 17.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 38 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E/Bw—44 to 72 centimeters (17.3 to 28.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00533
    Bw—72 to 99 centimeters (28.3 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00534
    BC1—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 30 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    BC2—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 30 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments.