IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ABOR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO107001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO107001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3274
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38389
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 40.3394165
  • Std. Longitude: -107.0720291
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 86W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO107—Routt
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO648—Routt Area, Colorado, Parts of Rio Blanco and Routt Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Clayton Spears
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ABOR
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Typic Ustochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1975 (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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

    6

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    2146

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    45

    432

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25545
    B21—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; clay; 45 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25546
    B22—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; 45 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25547
    B3—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25548
    C—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25549
    CR—81 centimeters (31.9 inches); bedrock; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25550