IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leighcan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CO105004
  • User Pedon ID: 84CO105004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0732
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54975
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 37.4249992
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5708313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 3/4 mile from Summitville in
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO105—Rio Grande

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic Vitrandic Dystrocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leighcan
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leighcan
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Dystric Cryochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    15

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    48

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    64

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    O—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); unknown texture; fragments. Lab sample # 84P04047. Intermediately decomposed spruce needles and twigs.
    E—10 to 35 centimeters (3.9 to 13.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; cobbly loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04048
    Bw1—35 to 56 centimeters (13.8 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04049
    Bw2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04050
    C1—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, dry; very cobbly sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04051
    C2—112 to 160 centimeters (44.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior, yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, dry; very cobbly sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P04052