IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bassel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958CO015012
  • User Pedon ID: S1958CO015012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958CO015012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3828
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39481
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8133316
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0866699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 78W
  • Section: 23
  • 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 #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bassel
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1957 (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

    CHRYS9

    SALVI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Chrysothamnus

    Salvia

    blue grama

    rabbitbrush

    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

    5

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    2804

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    180

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29401
    AB—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29402. patchy - phpvsfiid 187678; patchy - phpvsfiid 187678
    B2t—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29403. continuous - phpvsfiid 187679; continuous - phpvsfiid 187679
    B3ca—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate concretions; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29404. This is a weak horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring as concretions.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187680; patchy - phpvsfiid 187680
    Cca—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate concretions; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29405. This is a strong horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring in finely divided forms and as concretions; approximately 30 percent of this horizon is gravel.
    C—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 1 percent carbonate concretions; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29406. This is a weak horizon of lime accumulation with some visible lime occurring in concretions usually about 1/4 inch in diameter, and with some visible lime in finely divided forms and some in thin seams and streaks; approximately 40 or 50 percent of this horizon is gravel.