IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tileston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09CO069001AWS
  • User Pedon ID: S2009CO069001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 09CO069001AWS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0433
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28162
  • 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: 40.5117493
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7654724
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 06 N
  • Range: 75 W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet N, 180 feet E, from SW corner
  • Map Unit: 7202B—Leighcan family, till substratum-Cryaquolls complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO069—Larimer
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO645—Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest Area, Colorado, Parts of Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Park and Larimer Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40105-E7—Chambers Lake, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Andy Steinert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic Typic Glossocryalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tileston
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic Typic Glossocryalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope, lateral moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/14/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Andy Steinert
  • 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

    ABLA

    CAGE2

    PICO

    VASC

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Carex geyeri

    Pinus contorta

    Vaccinium scoparium

    subalpine fir

    Geyer's sedge

    lodgepole pine

    grouse whortleberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    agric horizon

    8—20

    20—37

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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

    17

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    3042

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    30

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    1123

    Long Draw Resv

    SNOTEL
    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; ; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Oa—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) highly decomposed plant material; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.
    A—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01794. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834889; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 834889
    E/Bt—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; sandy loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate single grain; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01797
    C1—37 to 68 centimeters (14.6 to 26.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 65 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01798
    C2—68 to 112 centimeters (26.8 to 44.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; stony coarse sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01799
    C3—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; gravelly coarse sand; 2 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01800
    C4—132 to 145 centimeters (52.0 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; coarse sand; 1 percent clay; hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01801
    C5—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; 1 percent clay; massive; hard, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume subrounded 20-?-30 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5.