IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Stecum
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1957CO015006
User Pedon ID:
S1957CO015006
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1957CO015006
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A3921
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
39567
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 #:
6
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Stecum
Classificaton Date -
9/18/1957
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:
9/18/1957 (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
SALVI
Bouteloua gracilis
Salvia
blue grama
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
30
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2950
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180
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A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30009
AB—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30010. patchy - phpvsfiid 187547; patchy - phpvsfiid 187547
C1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30011. patchy - phpvsfiid 187548; patchy - phpvsfiid 187548
C2—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; 45 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30012. This is a horizon of partially weathered granitic bedrock and the consistence of the rock increases with depth.