IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970CO023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970CO023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970CO023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0081
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43862
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.4397469
  • Std. Longitude: -105.6439056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 74W
  • Section: 15
  • Location Description: 450 feet east of Alamosa County line, .7 miles south of the railroad.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO023—Costilla
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO023—Costilla County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Pannell, Nichols
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COSTILLA
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash alluvium derived from granite
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1970 (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

    BOGR2

    ERTE18

    KRASC

    MUGL3

    SPCR

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Ericameria teretifolia

    Krascheninnikovia

    Muhlenbergia glomerata

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    blue grama

    green rabbitbrush

    winterfat

    spiked muhly

    sand dropseed

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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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    2316

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    225

    178

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00515
    A12—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00516
    C1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 12 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00517
    Cc2—36 to 68 centimeters (14.2 to 26.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; thin clay films; carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00518
    Cc3—68 to 99 centimeters (26.8 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent carbonate coats; 10 percent carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00519
    Cc4—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00520
    Cc5—137 to 158 centimeters (53.9 to 62.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00521
    2C6—158 to 178 centimeters (62.2 to 70.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist; very fine sandy loam; 75 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium and coarse mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments.