IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO103007
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO103007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO103007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38394
  • 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: 39.9469147
  • Std. Longitude: -108.3309555
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 97W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of 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: Clayton Spears
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Typic Natriboralfs
  • PSC - 8 to 21 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1975
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: rolling upland
  • 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

    ARTR2

    ATCO

    KRASC

    SARCO

    Artemisia tridentata

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Krascheninnikovia

    Sarcobatus

    big sagebrush

    shadscale saltbush

    winterfat

    greasewood

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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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    A2—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25573
    B2T—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; 37 percent clay; moderate medium columnar structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25574
    B3CA—21 to 41 centimeters (8.3 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25575
    C1CA—41 to 82 centimeters (16.1 to 32.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25576
    C2—82 to 152 centimeters (32.3 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25577
    2C3CA—152 to 200 centimeters (59.8 to 78.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25578