IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MESA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CO085004
  • User Pedon ID: 99CO085004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0211
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11070
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 38.6552773
  • Std. Longitude: -108.1102753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 51N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet E and 1900 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO085—Montrose
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MJB, DAD
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MESA
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/1999
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/2/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 146727219
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint silica coats on faces of peds; 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01062. S99CO677004-1
    Btk—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint silica coats on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01063. S99CO677004-2; CaCO3 5 Masses F
    Bk1—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01064. S99CO677004-3; CaCO3 10 MA M
    Bk2—49 to 85 centimeters (19.3 to 33.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01065. S99CO677004-4; CaCO3 50 MA C/VC
    2Bk3—82 to 107 centimeters (32.3 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 99P01066. S99CO677004-5
    107 centimeters (42.1 inches); fragments. Stopped by gravel and cobbles at 107cm