IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BOBTAIL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952CO049002
  • User Pedon ID: S1952CO049002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1952CO049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3831
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39484
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 76W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: West St. Louis Creek. NW 1/4 of Section 8, T2S, R76W, Grand County, CO.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO049—Grand
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO649—Grand County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BOBTAIL
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1952
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1952 (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

    PICO

    Pinus contorta

    lodgepole pine

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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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    180

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    O2&O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A29428
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak and moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A29429
    B2—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A29430
    B3—41 to 89 centimeters (16.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A29431
    C1—89 to 147 centimeters (35.0 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly loamy sand; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A29432
    2C2—147 to 305 centimeters (57.9 to 120.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A29433