IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RENTSAC
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CO103010
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CO103010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CO103010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3275
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38390
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.8966370
  • Std. Longitude: -108.4837341
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 99W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 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 #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RENTSAC
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Aridic Lithic Ustochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1975
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope, top ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1975 (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

    CAGA3

    PSSP6

    Carex garberi

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    elk sedge

    bluebunch 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

    6

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    2155

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    180

    406

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25551
    C1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25552
    CR—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry; loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A25553
    R—41 centimeters (16.1 inches); bedrock; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A25554