IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tex
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CO051003
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CO051003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CO051003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3923
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39569
  • 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: 38.9199982
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6180573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 83W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: Forest Hill road-immediately east of fork in trail. photo 2717.
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tex
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2717
  • 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

    2LICHN

    2MOSS

    ARUV

    PICO

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    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Pinus contorta

    Lichen

    Moss

    kinnikinnick

    lodgepole 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

    32

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    3018

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    225

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    Aoo—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30021. Loose pine needles.
    Ao—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30022. Partially decayed pine needles mixed with some mineral matter.
    A1—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; single grain, and weak very fine granular; soft, very friable, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30023
    A2—9 to 29 centimeters (3.5 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30024. A very few hair-line discontinuous bands that are higher in chroma.
    A2&B1—29 to 40 centimeters (11.4 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain, and weak very fine granular; loose, loose, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30025
    A2&B2—40 to 65 centimeters (15.7 to 25.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain, and weak very fine granular; soft, very friable, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30026
    B3—65 to 118 centimeters (25.6 to 46.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30027
    C—118 to 151 centimeters (46.5 to 59.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30028