IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tabernash
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955CO049005
  • User Pedon ID: S1955CO049005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955CO049005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3922
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39568
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.9288902
  • Std. Longitude: -105.8705521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 76W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: Approximately the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Grand County, Colorado, approximately 1.8 mile north and 380 feet west of the Forest Service headquarters building on the road to Fraser.
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tabernash
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1955 (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

    4

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    Ao,Aoo—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A30013. Thin mat of undecomposed and partially decomposed organic materials. The surface one-fourth inch consists almost entirely of last year's fall of pine needles; the horizon rests abruptly on the horizon below.
    A1—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; black (10YR 2/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; weak and moderate medium and coarse granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30014. The color of this horizon is not uniform and contains streaks.
    A2—7 to 17 centimeters (2.8 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak and moderate medium and coarse granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30015
    B1—17 to 23 centimeters (6.7 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; light gray (10YR 7/2) coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30016. This horizon has thin nearly continuous tonhautchen.
    B21—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; light gray (10YR 7/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30017
    B22—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; light gray (10YR 7/2) coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30018
    B3—61 to 72 centimeters (24.0 to 28.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30019
    D—72 to 94 centimeters (28.3 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, firm; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A30020. The horizon appears to be weakly cemented.