IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO081007
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO081007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO081007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3293
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38408
  • 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: 40.4241371
  • Std. Longitude: -107.4978790
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 90W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Pachic Argiborolls
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1975 (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

    ACHNA

    BRMA4

    Achnatherum

    Bromus marginatus

    needlegrass

    mountain brome

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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

    9

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    2195

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    270

    457

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25654
    A12—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25655
    B21T—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25656
    B22T—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25657
    C—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25658
    CR—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25659