IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHAPERTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO103011
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO103011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO103011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3276
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38391
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.8966370
  • Std. Longitude: -108.4929047
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 99W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: northeast quarter of Northwest quarter
  • Location Description: Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO103—Rio Blanco
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO685—Rio Blanco County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAPERTON
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aridic Ustochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: undulating mountain slope
  • 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

    ARTR2

    CHRYS9

    HECOC8

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    big sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

    needle and thread

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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

    12

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    2148.8

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    23

    406

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    A1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25555
    B2—11 to 30 centimeters (4.3 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25556
    C1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25557
    R—56 centimeters (22.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A25558