IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kunz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992CO077106C
  • User Pedon ID: 92CO077106C
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992CO077106C
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0780
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65019
  • 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: 38.9259720
  • Std. Longitude: -109.0220566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 104W
  • Section: 16
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO077—Mesa
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO680—Mesa County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Menard, Leland Sasser
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 106
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kunz
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Mollic Eutroboralfs
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mesa
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Bk

    63

    109

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Bk

    63

    109

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Bk

    63

    109

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    JUOS

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Utah juniper

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—8

    8—63

    63—109

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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

    44

    4

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    2271

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    270

    432

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    7

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    8

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; very stony fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04753
    ABt—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04754
    Bt1—18 to 40 centimeters (7.1 to 15.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; 43 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 32 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04755
    Bt2—40 to 63 centimeters (15.7 to 24.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04756
    Bk—63 to 109 centimeters (24.8 to 42.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 17 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04757
    R—109 centimeters (42.9 inches); fragments.