IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tex
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959CO051006
  • User Pedon ID: S1959CO051006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959CO051006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3924
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39570
  • 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: 38.9172211
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5555573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 82W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 of NW1/4
  • Location Description: Southeast corner of photo 2717. North of Pieplant Cow Camp along Pieplant trail.
  • 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 #: 6
  • 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: 20.00 percent
  • 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

    ARUV

    PICO

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Pinus contorta

    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

    35

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    2987

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    Aoo—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30029
    Ao—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30030
    A1—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30031
    A2—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30032
    A&B1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30033
    A&B2—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular, and single grain; soft, very friable, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30034
    B3C—39 to 51 centimeters (15.4 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; very hard, friable, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30035. Cobbles up to 8 inches in diameter occupy about 30 percent of this layer.
    C1—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly loamy fine sand; angular blocky parts to single grain; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30036. Approximately 60 percent of this layer consists of rounded rocks with smooth, light gray coatings of very fine sand (or silica) on upper surfaces.
    C2—84 to 110 centimeters (33.1 to 43.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30037. Approximately 45 percent of this layer is rocks.