IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Samala
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CO085003
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CO085003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CO085003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12967
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.3927765
  • Std. Longitude: -107.8777771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet North and 3250 feet East of Southwest corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO085—Montrose
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38107-D8—Montrose West, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MJB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Samala
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Calciargids
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6276-10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop vines
  • 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

    BRTE

    JUNIP

    OPUNT

    PLEUR12

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Juniperus

    Opuntia

    Pleuraphis

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    juniper

    pricklypear

    galleta grass

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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

    4

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    1981

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    80

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    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00403
    Btk1—14 to 37 centimeters (5.5 to 14.6 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00404. conc.: 20% CO3 Ma; cf: 20% C.
    Btk2—37 to 55 centimeters (14.6 to 21.7 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00405. conc.: 80% CO3 diss; cf: 5%.
    Btk3—55 to 81 centimeters (21.7 to 31.9 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; 23 percent clay; massive; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00406. conc. 60% CO3 diss MA; cf: 5%.
    Btk4—81 to 106 centimeters (31.9 to 41.7 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P00407. conc.: 10% CO3 Ma; cf: 5%.
    Btk5—106 to 146 centimeters (41.7 to 57.5 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; 25 percent clay; massive; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 01P00408. cf: 5%.