World Species : Protected Area : Dinosaur National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument

Location:	Colorado, Utah, United States
IUCN Category:	III
Area:	203,307 acres (82,275 hectares)
Species:	All Endangered Invasive
Website:	View website
Climate:	View Climate Data
Land Use:	View Land Use Data
Köppen climate classification:	Dfb (Climate: snow; Precipitation: fully humid; Temperature: warm summer)

Ecoregions

Colorado Plateau shrublands
Wyoming Basin shrub steppe

Soils

— Protected Area Boundary

	A				B				C

Share	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	50 %	30 %	10 %	10 %	50 %	20 %	20 %	10 %
Soil Type	Luvic Phaeozems	Luvic Chernozems	Orthic Greyzems	Haplic Phaeozems	Calcaric Regosols	Luvic Yermosols	Haplic Yermosols	Lithosols	Luvic Xerosols	Calcaric Regosols	Lithosols	Orthic Solonchaks
Topsoil Texture	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium	Medium
Reference Depth	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm	100 cm	10 cm	100 cm
Drainage	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well	Moderately well	Imperfectly	Moderately well
Available Water Capacity	150 m	150 m	150 m	150 m	100 m	150 m	150 m	15 mm	100 m	150 m	15 mm	150 m
Phase 1					Stony				Stony
Topsoil Properties
Gravel	4 %	4 %	10 %	7 %	17 %	20 %	20 %	26 %	4 %	17 %	26 %	6 %
Sand	35 %	33 %	25 %	39 %	43 %	50 %	41 %	43 %	58 %	43 %	43 %	36 %
Silt	41 %	41 %	54 %	38 %	35 %	29 %	39 %	34 %	18 %	35 %	34 %	43 %
Clay	24 %	26 %	21 %	23 %	22 %	21 %	20 %	23 %	24 %	22 %	23 %	21 %
USDA Texture	Loam	Loam	Silt loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Loam	Sandy clay loam	Loam	Loam	Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.38 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.41 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.42 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.28 g/cm³	1.22 g/cm³	1.31 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.5 g/cm³	1.51 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.56 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³	1.3 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	1.68 %	1.74 %	1.6 %	1.83 %	0.77 %	0.4 %	0.41 %	1.4 %	0.5 %	0.77 %	1.4 %	0.53 %
PH	6.2	7	6.6	6.4	8	7.3	8.3	7.6	7.3	8	7.6	8.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	52 cmol kg⁻¹	69 cmol kg⁻¹	71 cmol kg⁻¹	55 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	47 cmol kg⁻¹	40 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹	46 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	19 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	18 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	7 cmol kg⁻¹	8 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	12 cmol kg⁻¹	17 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	87 %	100 %	99 %	87 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	100 %	98 %	100 %	100 %	100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	16.1 cmol kg⁻¹	33.3 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	11.4 cmol kg⁻¹	31.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14 cmol kg⁻¹	18.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	15.9 cmol kg⁻¹	31.1 cmol kg⁻¹	15.6 cmol kg⁻¹	22.1 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0 %	3.7 %	1.6 %	0 %	15 %	0.5 %	1.5 %	3.9 %	3.8 %	15 %	3.9 %	9 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.1 %	0.1 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	1.8 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	1 %	2 %	1 %	2 %	6 %	6 %	4 %	2 %	2 %	4 %	30 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	22.3 dS m-1
Subsoil Properties
Gravel	5 %	16 %	10 %	3 %	18 %	27 %	27 %		3 %	18 %		7 %
Sand	30 %	33 %	23 %	43 %	38 %	44 %	38 %		54 %	38 %		40 %
Silt	36 %	37 %	49 %	35 %	36 %	28 %	40 %		17 %	36 %		39 %
Clay	34 %	30 %	28 %	22 %	26 %	28 %	22 %		29 %	26 %		21 %
USDA Texture	Clay loam	Clay loam	Clay loam	Loam	Loam	Clay loam	Loam		Sandy clay loam	Loam		Loam
Reference Bulk Density	1.31 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.33 g/cm³	1.4 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.37 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³		1.38 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³		1.4 g/cm³
Bulk Density	1.37 g/cm³	1.36 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³	1.39 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³	1.47 g/cm³	1.49 g/cm³		1.56 g/cm³	1.52 g/cm³		1.32 g/cm³
Organic Carbon	0.69 %	0.78 %	0.4 %	0.64 %	0.53 %	0.28 %	0.22 %		0.3 %	0.53 %		0.27 %
PH	6.8	7.6	7	6.8	8.1	7.3	8.3		7.8	8.1		8.2
Clay Cation Exchange Capacity	64 cmol kg⁻¹	65 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	64 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹	58 cmol kg⁻¹	42 cmol kg⁻¹		37 cmol kg⁻¹	50 cmol kg⁻¹		59 cmol kg⁻¹
Soil Cation Exchange Capacity	24 cmol kg⁻¹	21 cmol kg⁻¹	20 cmol kg⁻¹	16 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹	11 cmol kg⁻¹	9 cmol kg⁻¹		12 cmol kg⁻¹	15 cmol kg⁻¹		15 cmol kg⁻¹
Base Saturation	92 %	100 %	100 %	92 %	100 %	100 %	100 %		100 %	100 %		100 %
Total Exchangeable Bases	23.8 cmol kg⁻¹	30.5 cmol kg⁻¹	15.3 cmol kg⁻¹	12.2 cmol kg⁻¹	41.1 cmol kg⁻¹	14.6 cmol kg⁻¹	26.8 cmol kg⁻¹		22.1 cmol kg⁻¹	41.1 cmol kg⁻¹		20.4 cmol kg⁻¹
Calcium Carbonate	0.4 %	8.9 %	3.5 %	0 %	15 %	3.8 %	4.5 %		9 %	15 %		10 %
Calcium Sulphate	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0.7 %	0.7 %		0 %	0 %		1 %
Exchangeable Sodium	2 %	2 %	2 %	1 %	1 %	4 %	5 %		3 %	1 %		20 %
Electrical Conductivity	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.1 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1	9.7 dS m-1	3.8 dS m-1		0.2 dS m-1	0.3 dS m-1		14 dS m-1

Soil data provided by FAO/IIASA/ISRIC/ISSCAS/JRC, 2012. Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2). FAO, Rome, Italy and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Köppen climate classification provided by Kottek, M., J. Grieser, C. Beck, B. Rudolf, and F. Rubel, 2006: World Map of Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification updated. Meteorol. Z., 15, 259-263