IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO081011
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO081011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO081011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3289
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38404
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 92W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Moffat County, Colorado. NE 1/4, SE 1/4, T. 4 N., R. 92 W.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO686—Moffat County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, frigid Ustic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, frigid Ustic Haplargids
  • PSC - 12 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1975
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from shale
  • Landform: sloping hillside
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1975 (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

    ARTR2

    CASTI2

    PASM

    Artemisia tridentata

    Castilleja

    Pascopyrum smithii

    big sagebrush

    Indian paintbrush

    western wheatgrass

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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

    2

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    1929

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    90

    330

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25628
    Bt21—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; 39 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25629
    Bt22—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; clay loam; 40 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25630
    Bca3—40 to 71 centimeters (15.7 to 28.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25631
    Cca1—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loam; 32 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25632
    C2—112 to 165 centimeters (44.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25633