IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laporte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958CO015009
  • User Pedon ID: S1958CO015009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958CO015009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3884
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39530
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.8716660
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0141678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 77W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: 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 #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Laporte
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1958 (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

    MUTO2

    PICEA

    PIPA2

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Picea

    Pinus palustris

    ring muhly

    spruce

    longleaf 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

    30

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    3018

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    180

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29756
    A12—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29757
    AC—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29758
    Cca—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; stony sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29759
    D—53 centimeters (20.9 inches); limestone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A29760. Fractured and weakly weathered Pennsylvanian limestone bedrock. This horizon was not sampled.