IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cablon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO093005
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO093005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988CO093005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0982
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61100
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 39.0202789
  • Std. Longitude: -105.9183350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 76W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: About 2400 feet S and 1300 feet E of NW corner
  • Map Unit: 15—Cablon sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO093—Park
  • MLRA: 48B—Southern Rocky Mountain Parks and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO638—Teller-Park Area, Colorado, Parts of Park and Teller Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed Ustic Calcicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cablon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/15/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cablon
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FEAR2

    KOMA

    PASM

    Festuca arizonica

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Arizona fescue

    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    18—89

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    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

    1

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    2765

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    250

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    2.2

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; loam; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P5355
    Bw—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P5356
    Bk1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P5357
    Bk2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; very gravelly loam; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P5358
    Bk3—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P5359
    Bk4—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 88P5360