IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ABSHER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO107005
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO107005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO107005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38386
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 40.4535828
  • Std. Longitude: -107.2937088
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 88W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SW 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ABSHER
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Vertic Natrustalfs
  • PSC - 5 to 55 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

    PASM

    Pascopyrum smithii

    western wheatgrass

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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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    1920

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    90

    406

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    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25528
    B21T—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 40 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25529
    B22TSA—23 to 64 centimeters (9.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 40 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 # 40A25530
    B3SA—64 to 104 centimeters (25.2 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25531
    CSACS—104 to 155 centimeters (40.9 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25532