IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buckskin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001CO107003
  • User Pedon ID: S2001CO107003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0270
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13864
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.0422211
  • Std. Longitude: -106.8977814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 85W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet East and 1400 feet South of NW corner
  • Location Description: off CR 3
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO107—Routt
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO648—Routt Area, Colorado, Parts of Rio Blanco and Routt Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40106-A8—Trapper, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Walters
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Ustic Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buckskin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Ustic Argicryolls
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2001
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01287
    A2—10 to 35 centimeters (3.9 to 13.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01288. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 236278; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 236278
    Bt1—35 to 64 centimeters (13.8 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01289. continuous - phpvsfiid 236279; continuous - phpvsfiid 236279
    Btk2—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine vesicular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; ; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01290. continuous - phpvsfiid 236280; continuous - phpvsfiid 236280
    Btk3—97 to 196 centimeters (38.2 to 77.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; clay; 40 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 fine vesicular pores; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 236283; continuous - phpvsfiid 236283
    C—196 to 213 centimeters (77.2 to 83.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; clay; 45 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 02N01291