IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970CO003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970CO003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970CO003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43866
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 37.4150009
  • Std. Longitude: -105.7219467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 45 feet south and 528 feet west of the north 1/4 corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO003—Alamosa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO632—Alamosa Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nichols, Pannell, Dansdill, Accola, Yenter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LANEY
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over alluvium
  • Landform: alluviual flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CHRYS9

    Chrysothamnus

    rabbitbrush

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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

    0.5

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    2286

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    225

    178

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00539. calcareous
    C1—12 to 38 centimeters (4.7 to 15.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00540. calcareous
    C2—38 to 59 centimeters (15.0 to 23.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00541. calcareous
    Ab11—59 to 66 centimeters (23.2 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00542. calcareous
    Ab12—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00543. noncalcareous
    Cb1—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; 16 percent clay; massive; hard, friable; distinct manganese coatings; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00544. noncalcareous
    Cb2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; stratified sand, gravelly sand, loamy fine sand; fragments. 1 to 2 inch strata of pale brown loamy fine sand and light gray sand and gravelly sand; two 1/2 inch thick strata of horizontally laminated yellowish brown and strong brown loamy sand with thin dark manganese strata at bottom horizon; noncalcareous