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Baseline soil inventory Mount Emmons Project Gunnison, Colorado — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Baseline soil inventory Mount Emmons Project Gunnison, Colorado

Categories: Molybdenum / Mt. Emmons, Soil Science, Gunnison Basin

Geographic scope: gunnison basin

Source: Sustainable Living Library

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Summary

Technical report. Covers Mount Emmons, Gunnison County, Colorado. Topics: soil inventory, baseline assessment, soil series, baseline soil inventory. Agencies: AMAX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC., Utah State University Soils Laboratory, Colorado Agricultural Consultants. Cites 3 external works.

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Knowledge graph centered on Baseline soil inventory Mount Emmons Project Gunni with 61 nodes and 60 connections. Top connected: USDA Forest Service (Uncompahgre National Forest), U.S. Forest Service (Taylor River District), Engelmann Spruce, United States Department of Agriculture (implied AAA), Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra.

Stakeholders (10)

Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.

USDA Forest Service (Uncompahgre National Forest)U.S. Forest Service (Taylor River District)United States Department of Agriculture (implied AAA)Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service)U.S. Dept. of AgricultureColorado Mined Land Reclamation BoardColorado State University Cooperative ExtensionAMAX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

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Utah State University Soils LaboratoryNational Cooperative Soil Surveys

Places (7)

East River Brush Creek Keystone Mine Red Mountain Red Lady Basin Alkali Creek Whetstone Mountain

Concepts & Topics (71)

NEPA Environmental Review Vegetation management Vegetation management Underground aquifer Flood Control Salinity management sediment transport sediment transport

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Land use inventory Soil Suitability for Development Rangeland Management Agricultural Land Use Alpine habitat Hazardous waste management

Species (54)

Engelmann Spruce Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra Potentilla gracilis Artemisia tridentata Populus tremuloides Bacteria Populus Populus angustifolia

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Artemisia Aphaenogaster tridentata Aedes communis Festuca thurberi Festuca Abies lasiocarpa

External References Cited (23)

Works cited by this document, grouped by type.

report (18)

K factor formula methodology (1978) — USDA
K factor coarse fragment correction formula (1978) — USFS
Sediment yield data for project area (1978) — USDA-SEA
Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) (1978) — USDA
USLE constraints discussion (1977) — USDA

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Taylor River Soil Survey (1977) — USDA
USDA soil surveys (1975) — USDA
Soil Survey Staff (1975) — Soil Survey Staff USDA
Gunnison Area Survey (1975) — USDA
Gunnison Area Soil Survey (1975) — USDA
USDA Soil Survey (1975) — USDA
Soil Survey (1975) — USDA
SCS published surveys (1974) — Soil Conservation Service
National Soils Handbook, NSH-Part II
USDA Handbook 60 — USDA
National Soils Handbook
USDA Soil Survey Interpretation Records

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groundwater hydrology

Winter snowpack

Irrigated acreage

Irrigated hay meadows

Water Consumption

Water Consumption

mine site reclamation

mine site reclamation

Underground Mining

Heavy metals contamination

Organic matter decomposition

Organic matter decomposition

Slope stability

soil microbial community structure

soil microbial community structure

Soil characteristics

Soil characteristics

nitrogen fixation

nitrogen fixation

Forage production

Forage production

Continuous emissions monitoring

windthrow damage

National Cooperative Soil Survey

Condition of structures

Gross vehicle weight limit

Soil Erosion Tolerance (T Value)

Soil Erosion Tolerance (T Value)

Precipitation Variability

stream conductivity

stream conductivity

vegetation composition

Alkaline clay soils

Alkaline clay soils

Erosion Factor (K)

Erosion Factor (K)

Water-surface slope

sulfur transformation

standard plate count procedure

carbon dioxide evolution

topsoil stockpiling

microbial inoculation

Exchangeable Sodium Percent (ESP)

Exchangeable Sodium Percent (ESP)

Coarse fragments

Coarse fragments

Wind Erodibility Group

Walkley-Black technique

Pinus albicaulis

Picea/Abies spp.

mycorrhizal fungi

Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Various tundra plant species

Carex aquatilis

soil microorganisms

Juniperus species

Achnatherum lettermanii

Deschampsia cespitosa

Elymus trachycaulus

Phleum pratense

Festuca arizonica

Bouteloua gracilis

aerobic bacteria

Trifolium hybridum

Agrostis gigantea

Pascopyrum smithii

Western Wheatgrass

Achnatherum hymenoides

Muhlienbergia montana

— USDA

SCS Soil Survey Interpretation Records — Soil Conservation Service

study (4)

Standard plate count procedures for soil microorganisms (1979) — Doxtader
Introduction to Soil Microbiology (1977) — Alexander
Sediment yield study (1974) — Elkin
Forest Soils (1966) — Lutz and Chandler

other (1)

List of prime, important, and unique farmlands for Gunnison County (1980) — Dansdale