IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO103002
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO103002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO103002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38415
  • 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: 40.1521950
  • Std. Longitude: -107.7242737
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 92W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
  • State: Colorado
  • County: CO103—Rio Blanco
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CO685—Rio Blanco County Area, Colorado

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis Nettleton
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, smectitic Cryic Pachic Paleborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1975
  • 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: 6/2/1975 (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

    POA

    SARE4

    Poa

    Salvia regla

    bluegrass

    mountain sage

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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

    16

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    2396

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    45

    483

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    A11—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25702
    A12—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25703
    A13—48 to 94 centimeters (18.9 to 37.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25704
    B2—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25705
    C—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25706