IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bottle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1949CO049006
  • User Pedon ID: S1949CO049006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1949CO049006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0139
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32681
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 76W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Grand County, Colorado. West St. Louis Watershed.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO049—Grand
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO649—Grand County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Retzer
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bottle
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1949
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: mountain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1949 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABIES

    PICEA

    Abies

    Picea

    fir

    spruce

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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

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    O2&O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A00997. A forest litter made up of undecomposed and partially decomposed forest refuse, principally needles, twigs and roots.
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00998
    B2—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00999
    B3—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A01000. The horizon grades downward into only slightly weathered Dakota sandstone.