IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parlin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CO051001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CO051001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CO051001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3896
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39542
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 38.4927788
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7358322
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 49N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 - SE1/4
  • Location Description: photo 2991.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO051—Gunnison

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles J. Fox
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parlin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2991
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    AMELA

    ARTR2

    Amelanchier

    Artemisia tridentata

    serviceberry

    big sagebrush

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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

    26

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    2591

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    45

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29826
    A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 roots; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29827
    B1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29828
    B2t—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; very hard, very firm, very plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29829. continuous - phpvsfiid 196963; continuous - phpvsfiid 196963
    B3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29830. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196964; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196964
    C—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29831
    B2b—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, moderately plastic; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29832. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196965; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196965
    B3b—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A29833