IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WORK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO081008
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO081008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO081008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3292
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38407
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.4202461
  • Std. Longitude: -107.4981537
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 90W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WORK
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Argiborolls
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: steep mountain slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1975 (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

    ACHNA

    BRMA4

    POA

    Achnatherum

    Bromus marginatus

    Poa

    needlegrass

    mountain brome

    bluegrass

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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

    40

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    2231

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    270

    457

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25647
    B21T—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; 37 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25648
    B22T—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25649
    B23T—28 to 66 centimeters (11.0 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A25650
    B3—66 to 87 centimeters (26.0 to 34.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25651
    C—87 to 128 centimeters (34.3 to 50.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay; massive; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25652
    CR—128 to 158 centimeters (50.4 to 62.2 inches); bedrock; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25653