IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mudbuz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CO029001
  • User Pedon ID: 90CO029001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990CO029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0407
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62340
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.0800018
  • Std. Longitude: -107.6008301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 91W
  • Section: 19
  • Location Description: Delta County, CO.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO029—Delta

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Mollic Cryoboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mudbuz
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McClure
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (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

    ABLA

    PIEN

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Picea engelmannii

    subalpine fir

    Engelmann spruce

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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

    18

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    2798

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    270

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    Oi—3 to 3 centimeters (1.2 to 1.2 inches); fragments. partly decomposed litter of conifers, borbs, and grasses
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. few medium roots; common very fine roots
    BA—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bt1—31 to 69 centimeters (12.2 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly clay; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02250. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots; common medium roots
    Bt2—69 to 100 centimeters (27.2 to 39.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly clay; strong coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02251. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots; common medium roots
    C—100 to 155 centimeters (39.4 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly clay loam; massive; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. few medium roots; few coarse roots