IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO117015
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO117015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO117015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0298
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64537
  • 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: 39.3713799
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0819931
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 78W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: SE/NW
  • Location Description: Alma Quad
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO117—Summit

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: V.R.I.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moran
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Pergelic 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

    ACRO

    KOMY

    Acacia roemeriana

    Kobresia myosuroides

    roundflower catclaw

    Bellardi bog sedge

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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

    24

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    3688

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    0

    102

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    4

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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very cobbly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01851. 24% clay, 40% sand; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw—30 to 84 centimeters (11.8 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01852. 24% clay, 55% sand; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    C—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; extremely gravelly loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P01853. 24% clay, 40% sand; few very fine roots