IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): JUANITA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004CO6680026
  • User Pedon ID: S2004CO007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004CO6680026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0323
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17266
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.0202789
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9711075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32 N.
  • Range: 1 W.
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet west and 2400 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 6—Villareal-Juanita complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO007—Archuleta
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO668—Archuleta County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.P. Pannell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplustalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - JUANITA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplustalfs
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from andesite
  • Landform: valley on mesa
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered andesite at 124cm
  • Geology: Andesite formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1GG-232
  • Plant Association Name: white fir-aspen
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    ABCO

    POTR5

    SYMPH

    BRCA5

    FEAR2

    FETH

    CAREX

    POA

    LALAL3

    Abies concolor

    Populus tremuloides

    Symphoricarpos

    Bromus carinatus

    Festuca arizonica

    Festuca thurberi

    Carex

    Poa

    Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus

    white fir

    quaking aspen

    snowberry

    California brome

    Arizona fescue

    Thurber's fescue

    sedge

    bluegrass

    Nevada pea

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    124 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    5—66

    30—124

    124—

    —61—

    —94—

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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

    3

    100

    100

    2774

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    90

    610

    610

    80

    4.4

    5

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    5

    9.5

    1.7

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    Dulce, NM

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; Ksat of 300 um/s; very rapid permeability; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 7.0 very fine tubular and 7.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 276567; patchy - phpvsfiid 276567
    Bt2—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 7.0 very fine tubular and 7.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 3 percent by volume flat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 7.0 very fine tubular and 7.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter andesite fragments and 3 percent by volume flat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter andesite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01838; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—124 to 134 centimeters (48.8 to 52.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small