IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO103006
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO103006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO103006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3280
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38395
  • 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: 39.8980255
  • Std. Longitude: -108.3378983
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 98W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 100 yards south of Rd. 50 feet east of fence
  • 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 #: 6
  • 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

  • Landscape: narrow bottom valley
  • 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

    CHRYS9

    SARCO

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus

    Sarcobatus

    big sagebrush

    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

    2

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    1939

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    45

    406

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    A1—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25579
    A1B—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25580
    2C1—46 to 99 centimeters (18.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25581
    3A1B—99 to 110 centimeters (39.0 to 43.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25582
    3C2—110 to 143 centimeters (43.3 to 56.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25583
    3C3—143 to 160 centimeters (56.3 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25584
    4A1B—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25585
    4C4—180 to 198 centimeters (70.9 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25586