IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970CO105001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970CO105001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970CO105001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43865
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • 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: 37.4900208
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0541992
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet east and 550 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO105—Rio Grande
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO664—Rio Grande NF Area, Colorado, West Part, Parts of Archuleta, Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, and San Juan Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pannell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • PSC - 10 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HOOPER
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: old alluvium valley floor
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1970 (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

    DISTI

    SARCO

    SPAI

    Distichlis

    Sarcobatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    saltgrass

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

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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

    1

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    2286

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    90

    203

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    96

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    A2—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, friable; vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00533. calcareous
    Bt2—10 to 31 centimeters (3.9 to 12.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00534. calcareous
    Bc31—31 to 46 centimeters (12.2 to 18.1 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; thin clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00535. calcareous; patchy - phpvsfiid 296408; patchy - phpvsfiid 296408
    Bc32—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00536. calcareous
    2Cc1—61 to 77 centimeters (24.0 to 30.3 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00537. calcareous
    3Cc2—77 to 100 centimeters (30.3 to 39.4 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00538. calcareous in spots