IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO045001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO045001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3288
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38403
  • 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: 39.6677551
  • Std. Longitude: -108.1103897
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 96W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Garfield County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO045—Garfield
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO683—Rifle Area, Colorado, Parts of Garfield and Mesa Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clayton Spears
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Cryoborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: undulating upland
  • Landform: bench
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1975 (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

    AMELA

    ARTR2

    PURSH

    SYMPH

    Amelanchier

    Artemisia tridentata

    Purshia

    Symphoricarpos

    serviceberry

    big sagebrush

    bitterbrush

    snowberry

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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

    5

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    2551

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    45

    457

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25623
    B2—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25624
    B31—31 to 45 centimeters (12.2 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25625
    B32—45 to 74 centimeters (17.7 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25626
    R—74 to 100 centimeters (29.1 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25627