IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ripple
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO081001
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0931
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61049
  • 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: 40.8332977
  • Std. Longitude: -107.4076004
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 89W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet E and 1400 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ripple
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (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

    10

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    2810

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    315

    89

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 88P05025. partially decomposed needles and twigs
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. did not sample
    E—6 to 21 centimeters (2.4 to 8.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05026. rock fragments - 19.5 lbs < 3/4", 2.5 lbs 3/4-3"
    Eb—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05027
    Be—36 to 59 centimeters (14.2 to 23.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 88P05028
    Bwu—59 to 100 centimeters (23.2 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05029. split at 76 cm, at 56-76 cm there are some cobbles oriented horizontally, at 76-96 cm there are weathered basalt gravels (10YR 4/1 and 10YR 4/2)
    2Cb—100 to 127 centimeters (39.4 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05031. gravel and cobble line marks lower boundary
    2C—127 to 158 centimeters (50.0 to 62.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P05032
    2C2—158 to 188 centimeters (62.2 to 74.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 88P05033