IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bottle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1949CO049007
  • User Pedon ID: S1949CO049007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1949CO049007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0140
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32682
  • 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 Creek 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 #: 7
  • 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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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A01001. Undecomposed forest litter made up of needles, twigs, roots, and bark.
    O2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A01002. Fibrous organic mat made up of partially weathered forest debris mixed with a small amount of mineral matter.
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01003
    B2—25 to 71 centimeters (9.8 to 28.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01004
    B3—71 to 96 centimeters (28.0 to 37.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01005
    C—96 to 132 centimeters (37.8 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A01006. Approximately 50 percent of this horizon is rock and the horizon grades downward into unweathered sandstone bedrock.