IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FORELLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO081001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO081001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3299
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38414
  • 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: 40.3155251
  • Std. Longitude: -107.8320541
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 93W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Moffat County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO686—Moffat County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Nettleton
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FORELLE
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Ustic Calciargids
  • PSC - 28 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1975
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: undulating to rolling upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1975 (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

    PASM

    SALVI

    Chrysothamnus

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Salvia

    rabbitbrush

    western wheatgrass

    sage

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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

    3

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    1987

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    45

    330

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25694
    B1—12 to 28 centimeters (4.7 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25695
    B2T—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25696
    B3CA—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25697
    C1CA—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25698
    2C2CA—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25699
    2C3CA—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25700
    3CR—150 to 195 centimeters (59.1 to 76.8 inches); bedrock; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25701