IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO117014
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO117014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO117014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0297
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64536
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.4977760
  • Std. Longitude: -106.2480545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 79W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: NE/SW
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO117—Summit
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.H.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moran
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Entic Cryumbrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1991 (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

    POAR2

    Poa arctica

    arctic bluegrass

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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

    10

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    3499

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    45

    102

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; cobbly loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01849. 15% clay, 40% sand, 45% silt; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    C1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, dry; very cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 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 # 92P01850. 15% clay, 45% sand, 40% silt; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    C2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) crushed, dry; very cobbly loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01850. 12% clay, 45% sand, 43% silt; few fine roots
    R—61 centimeters (24.0 inches); fragments.