IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goldbug

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2004CO007006

User Pedon ID: S2004CO007006

Vegetation Plot ID: S2004CO007006

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0324

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17267

Print Date: 9/24/2024

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: 37.0741653

Std. Longitude: -107.3199997

Datum: WGS84

Township: 33 N.

Range: 4 W.

Section: 30

PLSS Details: 2500 feet east and 2300 feet south or the northwest corner

Map Unit: KO-CD—Goldbug family, loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Colorado

County: CO007—Archuleta

MLRA: 36—Southwestern Plateaus, Mesas, and Foothills

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO668—Archuleta County Area, Colorado

PEDON

Describers Name: J.P Pannell

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Haplustalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: within range of map unit

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 6

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Goldbug

Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Haplustalfs

PSC - 28 to 79 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/24/2004

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from sandstone and shale

Landform: structural bench

Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Geology: Animas formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/24/2004 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 3GG-70

Plant Association Name: Ponderosa pine-Gambel oak

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
PIPO QUGA KOELE ELYMU MARE11 PASM	Pinus ponderosa Quercus gambelii Koeleria Elymus Mahonia repens Pascopyrum smithii	ponderosa pine Gambel oak Junegrass wildrye creeping barberry western wheatgrass	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon albic horizon argillic horizon	0—20 0—20 28—168	—20— —20— —140—

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
6	200	100	2286	—	270	508	—	90	7.8	—	—	7.2	—	—	—	—	6258	Pagosa Springs, CO	—

E1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01839; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

E2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01840; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

E/B—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01841; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

E/B—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01841; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 42 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01842; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt2—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; 42 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01843; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt3—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; stony clay; 41 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct organic stains on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01844; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 276573; patchy - phpvsfiid 276573

Bt4—122 to 168 centimeters (48.0 to 66.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; very stony clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct organic stains on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 276576; patchy - phpvsfiid 276576