IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stecum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957CO015005
  • User Pedon ID: S1957CO015005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957CO015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3920
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39566
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Trout Creek Watershed, Chaffee County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO015—Chaffee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO658—Chaffee-Lake Area, Colorado, Parts of Chaffee and Lake Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stecum
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1957 (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

    BOGR2

    CERCO

    SALVI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Cercocarpus

    Salvia

    blue grama

    mountain mahogany

    sage

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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

    35

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    2989

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    180

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30005
    AC—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30006. patchy - phpvsfiid 187546; patchy - phpvsfiid 187546
    C1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30007
    Cr—51 centimeters (20.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30008. Partially weathered granite bedrock.