IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO081005
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO081005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO081005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3295
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38410
  • 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: 40.3535805
  • Std. Longitude: -107.9881744
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 94W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Moffat County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO081—Moffat
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO686—Moffat County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Nettleton
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Cryic Pachic Paleborolls
  • PSC - 82 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: steep mountain slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1975 (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

    AMELA

    PRVI

    QUGA

    Amelanchier

    Prunus virginiana

    Quercus gambelii

    serviceberry

    chokecherry

    Gambel oak

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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

    45

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    2316

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    45

    508

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    A11—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25671
    A12—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25672
    B1—56 to 82 centimeters (22.0 to 32.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25673
    B2T—82 to 124 centimeters (32.3 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25674
    C—124 to 193 centimeters (48.8 to 76.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25675