IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MOREFIELD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993CO083006
  • User Pedon ID: 93CO083006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993CO083006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0652
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65995
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.1586113
  • Std. Longitude: -108.4813919
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 yards N. of S boundary. E. of helipad.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO083—Montezuma
  • MLRA: 36—Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO671—Cortez Area, Colorado, Parts of Dolores and Montezuma Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37108-B4—Moccasin Mesa, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jonathan W. Hooper, Douglas K. Ramsey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Paleustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MOREFIELD
  • PSC - 5 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morefield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Paleustalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: mesa
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1103-186
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    JUNIP

    KOELE

    OPUNT

    YUCCA

    Juniperus

    Koeleria

    Opuntia

    Yucca

    juniper

    Junegrass

    pricklypear

    yucca

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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—5

    5—167

    167—202

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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

    1

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    2085

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    180

    457

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04555
    Bt1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 80 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04556. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176375; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176375
    Bt2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 80 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04557. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176376; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176376
    Bt3—30 to 62 centimeters (11.8 to 24.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 80 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04558. 93P4559; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176377; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176377
    Btk1—62 to 143 centimeters (24.4 to 56.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 90 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04562. 93P4560. 93P4561.; continuous - phpvsfiid 176378; continuous - phpvsfiid 176378
    Btk2—143 to 167 centimeters (56.3 to 65.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 90 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04563. continuous - phpvsfiid 176379; continuous - phpvsfiid 176379
    Bk—167 to 315 centimeters (65.7 to 124.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/3) crushed, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) crushed, moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 90 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 93P04564. CaCO3 equivalent 27 percent. 93P4565 and 93P4566 from auger samples.
    Bkm—315 to 320 centimeters (124.0 to 126.0 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 93P04567