IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scout
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO117007
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO117007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO117007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0290
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64529
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 39.5855560
  • Std. Longitude: -105.8869476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 76W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NE/SW
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO117—Summit

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.R.I.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scout
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • 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

    ABLA

    Abies lasiocarpa

    subalpine fir

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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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    3231

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    270

    89

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    10

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very stony sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine to coarse roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01828. 12% clay, 55% sand, 33% silt; common fine to coarse roots
    Bw—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very stony sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01829. 12% clay, 60% sand, 28% silt; few fine to coarse roots
    C—43 to 152 centimeters (16.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P01830. 5% clay, 85% sand, 10% silt; few fine and medium roots