IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Libeg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO055004
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO055004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO055004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64103
  • 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: 37.3300018
  • Std. Longitude: -105.1030579
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 69W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NE 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-C1—Cucharas Pass, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Libeg
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Argic Cryoborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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

    QUGA

    SYOR

    Quercus gambelii

    Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

    Gambel oak

    coralberry

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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

    70

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    2880

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    180

    56

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Quga/Syor leaf litter
    A1—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06960. many fine roots; many very fine roots
    A2—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; very flaggy sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06961. common medium roots; common coarse roots
    BA—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; very flaggy sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06962. common fine roots; common coarse roots
    Bt1—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely flaggy sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06963. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots; common medium roots
    Bt2—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), dry; extremely flaggy sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 65 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06964. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few coarse roots; common fine roots
    Bt3—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; extremely flaggy sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06965. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots; few very fine roots