IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leighcan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991CO097013
  • User Pedon ID: 91CO097013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991CO097013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0296
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64535
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.1797218
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9077759
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 85W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE/SW
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO097—Pitkin
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.C.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leighcan
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Dystric Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1991 (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

    ABLA

    PIEN2

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Pinus engelmannii

    subalpine fir

    Apache 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

    33

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    3475

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    76

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine to coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01846. 18% clay, 47% sand, 35% silt; common very fine roots; many fine to coarse roots
    Bw—11 to 36 centimeters (4.3 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine to coarse roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01847. 18% clay, 64% sand, 18% silt; common fine to coarse roots
    C—36 to 74 centimeters (14.2 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed very gravelly sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 8 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P01848. 46% clay, 66% sand, 18% silt; few very fine roots