IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO055007
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO055007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO055007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64106
  • 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: 37.8675003
  • Std. Longitude: -105.2822189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 71W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SW 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-G3—Creager Reservoir, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ring
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic Mollic Eutroboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • 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

    FEAR

    PIPO

    Festuca arida

    Pinus ponderosa

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    ponderosa pine

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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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    2652

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    0

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P06985. PSME-PIPO litter
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06986. common fine roots; common medium roots
    A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. many fine roots; many medium roots
    Bt1—13 to 21 centimeters (5.1 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 37 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06987. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots
    Bt2—21 to 41 centimeters (8.3 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 47 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06988. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots; common fine roots
    Bt3—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 42 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06989. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few coarse roots; common fine roots
    BCt—69 to 110 centimeters (27.2 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 62 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06990. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots; few medium roots
    BCk—110 to 155 centimeters (43.3 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 57 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P06991. few fine roots; few medium roots