IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elve
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987CO107001
  • User Pedon ID: 87CO107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60208
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.7802773
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7747192
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 84W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet E and 1500 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO107—Routt

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    12

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    2513

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    90

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments.
    E—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; very stony loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. 10% gravel.
    Bw—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very stony sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00515. 10% gravel.
    C1—36 to 87 centimeters (14.2 to 34.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00516. 15% gravel.
    C2—87 to 155 centimeters (34.3 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. 35% gravel.