IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Namela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990CO077007
  • User Pedon ID: 90CO077007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0987
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62920
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 39.1022224
  • Std. Longitude: -107.8744431
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 94W
  • Section: 9
  • Location Description: Mesa County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO077—Mesa

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • 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
    • 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

    5

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    2987

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    180

    94

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; fine granular, and single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05998. many medium roots; many very fine roots
    A2—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05999. few medium roots; common fine roots
    A3—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06000. common very fine roots
    A4—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06001. common very fine roots
    As—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06002. common very fine roots
    C1—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06003. few very fine and fine roots
    2C2—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06004. silt coats on peds skeleton, 25% of horizon; many pressure faces; few very fine roots
    2C3—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06005. few very fine roots