IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WORK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO081013
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO081013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO081013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3267
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38382
  • Print Date: 4/16/2025

    • 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: 40.2499695
  • Std. Longitude: -107.8387222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 93W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 525 feet south and 400 feet east of corner
  • Location Description: Moffat County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO686—Moffat County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WORK
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Pachic Argiborolls
  • PSC - 20 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1975 (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

    ACHIL

    AMELA

    ARTR2

    BRMA4

    POA

    SYMPH

    Achillea

    Amelanchier

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus marginatus

    Poa

    Symphoricarpos

    yarrow

    serviceberry

    big sagebrush

    mountain brome

    bluegrass

    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

    8

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    2347

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    315

    470

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25499
    B1—7 to 20 centimeters (2.8 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25500
    B21T—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25501
    B22T—38 to 68 centimeters (15.0 to 26.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25502
    B31CA—68 to 81 centimeters (26.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25503
    B32CA—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25504
    CCA—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25505
    R—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); bedrock; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25506