IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McClure
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CO029002
  • User Pedon ID: 90CO029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0408
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62341
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.7924995
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9883347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 86W
  • Section: 34
  • Location Description: Gunnison County, CO.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO051—Gunnison

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McClure
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1990 (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
    • 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

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. partly decomposed spruce and fir litter and forbs (locally absent)
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), moist; cobbly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few medium roots; common fine roots
    BA—16 to 39 centimeters (6.3 to 15.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very cobbly clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium interstitial and fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; common medium roots
    Bt—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very cobbly clay loam; brown (7.5YR 5/4) mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 0.5 medium interstitial pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02252. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots; common coarse roots
    C—59 to 105 centimeters (23.2 to 41.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very cobbly clay loam; massive; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. few medium roots; few coarse roots