IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BOBTAIL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952CO049004
  • User Pedon ID: S1952CO049004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1952CO049004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3833
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39486
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 76W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: Along road 3 in the NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Fool Creek. Along road 3 in the NE 1/4 of Section 10, T2S, R76W, Grand County, CO.
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BOBTAIL
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1952
  • 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: 7/24/1952 (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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    270

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    O2&O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A29440
    A2—4 to 17 centimeters (1.6 to 6.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine platy parts to weak and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29441
    B2—17 to 45 centimeters (6.7 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29442
    B3—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29443
    C1—65 to 118 centimeters (25.6 to 46.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29444
    2C2—118 to 184 centimeters (46.5 to 72.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A29445