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:
11/21/2024
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