IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO037016
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO037016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO037016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0299
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64538
  • 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: 39.4897232
  • Std. Longitude: -106.2527771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 79W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: NW/NW
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO037—Eagle

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.R.I., J.W.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moran
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryumbrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1991 (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

    DECE

    Deschampsia cespitosa

    tufted hairgrass

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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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    3548

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    180

    102

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    9

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    A—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed, dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01854. 22% clay, 30% sand, 48% silt; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw—33 to 91 centimeters (13.0 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed very stony sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01855. 25% clay, 55% sand, 20% silt; few very fine and fine roots
    C/Cr—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) crushed very gravelly loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P01856. 23% clay, 30% sand, 47% silt; C is actually weathering parent material - lots of micaceous material(has some Cr); few very fine roots