IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970CO003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970CO003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970CO003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43864
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.4886322
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0355835
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 650 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO003—Alamosa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO632—Alamosa Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pannell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • PSC - 13 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HOOPER
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    SARCO

    SPAI

    Sarcobatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

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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

    0.9

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    2286

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    135

    203

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    96

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    A21—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; hard, very friable; vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00527
    A22—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00528
    Bt21—13 to 29 centimeters (5.1 to 11.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00529
    Bt22—29 to 43 centimeters (11.4 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00530
    C1—43 to 67 centimeters (16.9 to 26.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00531
    2C2—67 to 90 centimeters (26.4 to 35.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sand; single grain; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # 70C00532