IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): IRONSPRINGS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CO081001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981CO081001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981CO081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0626
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49470
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 40.7222214
  • Std. Longitude: -107.7011108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 92W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet E and 2000 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO686—Moffat County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aridic Argiborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - IRONSPRINGS
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berlake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Aridic Argiboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: siltstone
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    HECOC8

    LUPIN

    PASM

    POA

    PUTR2

    SALVI

    SIHY

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Lupinus

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa

    Purshia tridentata

    Salvia

    Sitanion hystrix

    needle and thread

    lupine

    western wheatgrass

    bluegrass

    antelope bitterbrush

    sage

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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

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    2255

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    270

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P03710
    A3—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P03711
    Bt21—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P03712
    Bt22—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P03713
    Bt23—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P03714
    Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P03715
    C1—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 81P03716
    C2—137 to 151 centimeters (53.9 to 59.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 81P03717