IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO103005
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO103005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO103005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3281
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38396
  • 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: 39.9133034
  • Std. Longitude: -108.4253998
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 98W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1.5 miles up Ryan gulch-20 feet north of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO103—Rio Blanco
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO685—Rio Blanco County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clayton Spears
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, calcareous Typic Ustifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1975 (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

    CHGR6

    SARCO

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus greenei

    Sarcobatus

    big sagebrush

    Greene's rabbitbrush

    greasewood

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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

    5

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    1881

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    180

    406

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25587
    C1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25588
    C2—41 to 54 centimeters (16.1 to 21.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25589
    C3—54 to 94 centimeters (21.3 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25590
    A1B—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25591
    2C4—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25592
    2C5—127 to 153 centimeters (50.0 to 60.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25593
    3C6—153 to 180 centimeters (60.2 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25594