IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO055001
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO055001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64100
  • 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: 37.2958336
  • Std. Longitude: -105.1577759
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 70W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: SE SE
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO055—Huerfano
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO636—Wet Mountains and Spanish Peaks Area, Colorado, Parts of Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, and Pueblo Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37105-C2—Trinchera Peak, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moran
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryumbrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1991 (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

    ACRO

    KOMY

    Acacia roemeriana

    Kobresia myosuroides

    roundflower catclaw

    Bellardi bog sedge

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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

    45

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    3694

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    0

    89

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Thin, discontinous Komy-Acro-Carv litter
    A1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very cobbly loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06936. few medium roots; many fine roots
    A2—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06937. few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bw1—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06938. few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bw2—79 to 105 centimeters (31.1 to 41.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 15 percent faint clay films; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06939. few clay films surface features; common fine roots; common very fine roots
    C1—105 to 122 centimeters (41.3 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; extremely cobbly sandy loam; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium interstitial and 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; 15 percent faint clay films; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06940. few clay films surface features; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    C2—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; extremely cobbly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium interstitial and 5.5 coarse interstitial pores; 15 percent prominent clay films and 55 percent faint clay films; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P06941. many clay films surface features; few clay films surface features; few fine roots; few very fine roots