IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kirtley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1986WY033009
  • User Pedon ID: 1986WY033009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0536
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49380
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.7683333
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5877778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 55N
  • Range: 81W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Map Unit: 110—Baux-Bauxson-Kirtley complex, 3 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY033—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 58B—Northern Rolling High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY633—Sheridan County Area, Wyoming
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44106-G5—S R Springs, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kirtley
  • PSC - 18 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2015
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kirtley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Landscape: sedimentary plains
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R043BY462WY Shallow Loamy (SwLy) 15-19" Northern Plains Precipitation Zone

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2015 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    79 - 200

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic materials

    0—36

    18—36

    79—200

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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

    12

    —

    —

    1402

    —

    235

    432

    —

    118

    8.3

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    7.8

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate very fine granular, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout and many (11.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03173
    BA—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout; 10 percent coats on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03174. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446502; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446503; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446502; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446503
    Bt—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.5) very fine roots; 40 percent distinct coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03175. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446504; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446504
    Bk1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 75 percent coats on faces of peds; and 5 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses and 5 percent medium ; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03176. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446505; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446505
    Bk2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine and 5 percent medium threadlike carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03177. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446506; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446507; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446506; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1446507
    Cr—79 to 200 centimeters (31.1 to 78.7 inches); bedrock; 2 percent very fine irregular very weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses on bottom of rock fragments; fragments.