IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leadville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO037005
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO037005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64080
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.5283318
  • Std. Longitude: -106.4197235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 81W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Eagle County, CO.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO037—Eagle

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leadville
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryoboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: 6/1/1991 (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

    ARCO

    PICO

    VAMY

    Arabis cobrensis

    Pinus contorta

    Vaccinium myrtilloides

    sagebrush rockcress

    lodgepole pine

    velvetleaf huckleberry

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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

    10

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    2982

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    45

    76

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    13

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. PICO needle litter
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. PICO needle litter
    A1—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed loam; 25 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06790. ochric diagnostic horizon; few medium roots; common fine roots
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed gravelly silt loam; 25 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 medium and 0.5 coarse pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06790. ochric diagnostic horizon; few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    E1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior and pink (7.5YR 7/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed very cobbly silt loam; 25 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06791. ochric diagnostic horizon; few fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    E2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and pink (7.5YR 7/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed very cobbly very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and 2.5 fine pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06792. ochric diagnostic horizon; few fine to coarse roots; common medium roots
    Bt/E—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) exterior and pink (5YR 7/3) exterior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06793. argillic diagnostic horizon; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bt1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) exterior and pink (5YR 7/3) exterior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) crushed extremely cobbly clay loam; 45 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine and 2.5 medium and coarse pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06794. argillic diagnostic horizon; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots
    Bt2—107 to 157 centimeters (42.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior and pink (5YR 7/3) exterior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) crushed very cobbly clay loam; 30 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P06795. argillic diagnostic horizon; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common medium roots