IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mord
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992CO049001
  • User Pedon ID: 92CO049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0813
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65053
  • 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: 40.2936096
  • Std. Longitude: -106.4222260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO049—Grand
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO649—Grand County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Moore
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mord
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Boralfic Cryoborolls
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—46

    46—152

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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

    10

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    2804

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    130

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; loam; strong medium and coarse platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05002; dry when described;
    A2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05003; moist when described;
    E—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P05004
    EB—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium and coarse roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05005; moist when described;. Thin coat of (2.5Y 7/2) on face of ped Bt1 has 1-5mm thick caps on vertical faces of peds (fine sandy loam), Discontinuity due to angular R.F. above & rounded pebbles in 2.
    1Bt1—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent skeletans on horizontal faces of peds and 15 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05006; moist when described;. Contains 1-5 mm thick caps on vertical faces of peds (fine sandy loam).; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190813; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190814; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190813; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190814
    2Bt2—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, 85 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and 10 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 fine to coarse roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent skeletans on horizontal faces of peds and 15 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05007; moist when described;. Discontinuity due to angular rock fragments above and rounded pebbles in 2.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190815; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190816; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190815; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190816
    2Bt3—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 35 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and 35 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay; 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent skeletans on horizontal faces of peds and 15 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P05008; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190817; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190818; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190817; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190818