IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FORELLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO103003
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO103003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO103003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3283
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38398
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 39.7849731
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2020645
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 96W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet north of SE corner
  • 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: Clayton Spears
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FORELLE
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Calcic Udic Ustochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: slope upland
  • Landform: bench
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1975 (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

    PASM

    Pascopyrum smithii

    western wheatgrass

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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

    3

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    2039

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    45

    406

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25599
    B2T—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25600
    B3CA—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25601
    C1CA—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25602
    B21TCAB—99 to 144 centimeters (39.0 to 56.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; 28 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25603
    B22TCAB—144 to 190 centimeters (56.7 to 74.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25604
    B23TCAB—190 to 206 centimeters (74.8 to 81.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25605
    C2CS—206 to 245 centimeters (81.1 to 96.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loam; 23 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25606