IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wetopa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985CO051002
  • User Pedon ID: 85CO051002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0867
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57133
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 39.1258316
  • Std. Longitude: -107.4672241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 90W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet W and 200 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO051—Gunnison
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bowman, Bauer, Cencich, Mays, and Hughes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive Argic Pachic Cryoborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wetopa
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wetopa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Argic Pachic Cryoboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    56—106

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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

    6

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    2439

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    0

    76

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    1A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04658. many fine roots throughout
    1A2—18 to 32 centimeters (7.1 to 12.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04659. many fine roots throughout
    1BA—32 to 56 centimeters (12.6 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04660. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219402; patchy - phpvsfiid 219402
    1Bt—56 to 82 centimeters (22.0 to 32.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04661. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 219403; continuous - phpvsfiid 219403
    1Bt2—82 to 150 centimeters (32.3 to 59.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, dry; clay; 46 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P04662. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 219404; continuous - phpvsfiid 219404