IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MAYSPRINGS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981CO081002
  • User Pedon ID: S1981CO081002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981CO081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0627
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49471
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.8352776
  • Std. Longitude: -107.9255524
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 94W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet W and 800 feet N of the SE 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 Borollic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MAYSPRINGS
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/2006
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Relsob Like
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Borollic Haplargid
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Arkesic sand
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/1981 (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

    ACHY

    ARTR2

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia tridentata

    Indian ricegrass

    big sagebrush

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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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03718
    B1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03719
    Bt21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03720
    Bt22—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03721
    Bt23—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03722
    Bt31—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03723
    Bt32—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03724
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 81P03726