IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Quander
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988CO119001
  • User Pedon ID: 88CO119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60246
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.7236099
  • Std. Longitude: -105.1452789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 69W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet S and 300 feet E of NW corner
  • Map Unit: 76—Pits, mine-Dumps, mine complex
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO119—Teller
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO638—Teller-Park Area, Colorado, Parts of Park and Teller Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Alfic Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Quander
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Quander
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    48—66

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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

    33

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    3020

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    180

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam, gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P0661. 30% gravel. Less than 1% stones.
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam, gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. 30% gravel. Less than 1% stones.
    A3—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; extremely cobbly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P0662. 40% gravel.
    BA—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; extremely cobbly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. 40% gravel.
    Bt—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; extremely cobbly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P0663. 30% gravel. Not completely consistant. Includes lamiare 640 mm to 1 cm with clay between.
    BC—66 to 122 centimeters (26.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; extremely stony sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. 30% gravel. Consists of 1/2 cm - 1 cm laminare of clay.; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; extremely stony sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P0664. 25% gravel. Has pockets of saprolitic rock fragments.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds