IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO045003
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO045003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3285
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38400
  • 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: 39.6208115
  • Std. Longitude: -108.1242828
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 96W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of NW 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1975 (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

    CHRYS9

    PURSH

    SYMPH

    Chrysothamnus

    Purshia

    Symphoricarpos

    rabbitbrush

    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

    10

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    2469

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    45

    457

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    A11—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25611
    A12—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25612
    A13—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25613
    C1—71 to 132 centimeters (28.0 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25614
    R—132 centimeters (52.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A25615