IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO103008
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO103008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO103008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3278
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38393
  • 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: 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Natrustalfs
  • 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: rolling undulating 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

    JUNIP

    KRASC

    OPUNT

    Artemisia tridentata

    Juniperus

    Krascheninnikovia

    Opuntia

    big sagebrush

    juniper

    winterfat

    pricklypear

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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

    1

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    2039

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    45

    406

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25567
    B2—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25568
    B3CA—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25569
    C1CA—39 to 92 centimeters (15.4 to 36.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25570
    C2—92 to 143 centimeters (36.2 to 56.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A25571
    2C3CA—143 to 200 centimeters (56.3 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25572