IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ratake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO069001
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO069001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0992
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64029
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.6758347
  • Std. Longitude: -105.6277771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 72W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet W and 2400 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: Rustic Quad.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO069—Larimer
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ratake
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, shallow Typic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIPO

    PUTR

    Pinus ponderosa

    Puccinellia triflora

    ponderosa pine

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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

    48

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    2347

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    90

    43

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06209. many fine roots
    A2—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06210. many fine roots
    Bw—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06211. few fine roots
    Cr—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06212. soft to hard schist and granite; few fine roots