IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenadier
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO055002
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO055002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO055002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64101
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 37.3230553
  • Std. Longitude: -105.1472244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 69W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NE NW
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenadier
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Dystric Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    ABLA

    PIEN

    VAMY

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Picea engelmannii

    Vaccinium myrtilloides

    subalpine fir

    Engelmann spruce

    velvetleaf huckleberry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    0—0

    0—0

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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

    26

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    3341

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    0

    76

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Needles-litter from Abla-Pien
    Oe—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P06944. decomposed, matted needle duff
    E1—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 medium interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06945. few coarse roots; common very fine roots
    E2—21 to 44 centimeters (8.3 to 17.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06946. common fine roots; common medium roots
    Bw1—44 to 99 centimeters (17.3 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; very stony sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 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 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06947. , 91P6948 sampled twice; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; common medium roots
    Bw2—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; very stony sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06949. common clay films surface features; few fine roots; few very fine roots
    BCd—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; massive; extremely hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent faint clay films; 10 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 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P06950. many clay films surface features; few fine and medium roots