IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BOBTAIL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952CO049006
  • User Pedon ID: S1952CO049006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1952CO049006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0136
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32678
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 76W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Fool Creek. NW 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 #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BOBTAIL
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1952
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1952 (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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    O2&O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A00982
    A2—4 to 19 centimeters (1.6 to 7.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00983
    B2—19 to 45 centimeters (7.5 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak and moderate subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00984
    B3—45 to 73 centimeters (17.7 to 28.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; loose, loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00985
    C1—73 to 93 centimeters (28.7 to 36.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; very hard, very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A00986
    2C2—93 to 154 centimeters (36.6 to 60.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00987