IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Doughspon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CO029004
  • User Pedon ID: 90CO029004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990CO029004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0984
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62917
  • 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: 38.9852791
  • Std. Longitude: -107.6163864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 92W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: Road 846
  • Location Description: Delta County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO029—Delta

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Doughspon
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed Argic Pachic Cryoborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1990 (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

    ACHIL

    POTR5

    SYMPH

    Achillea

    Populus tremuloides

    Symphoricarpos

    yarrow

    quaking aspen

    snowberry

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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

    6

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    2697

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    180

    58

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P05979. partially decomposed leaves and roots from grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees (saplings)
    A1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05980. many fine and medium roots
    A2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05981. many fine and medium roots
    EB—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05982. few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bt1—58 to 96 centimeters (22.8 to 37.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05983. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Bt2—96 to 107 centimeters (37.8 to 42.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05984. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    Bt3—107 to 155 centimeters (42.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05985. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots; few very fine roots