IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Big Horn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WY033002
  • User Pedon ID: 81WY033002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981WY033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0534
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49378
  • 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: 44.7602768
  • Std. Longitude: -107.0149994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 55N
  • Range: 84W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY033—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 58B—Northern Rolling High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY633—Sheridan County Area, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Lupcho
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Ustollic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Big Horn
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Big Horn
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ustollic Paleargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1981 (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

    BRTE

    BRTE

    GRIND

    KOMA

    PASM

    Bromus tectorum

    Bromus tectorum

    Grindelia

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    cheatgrass

    cheatgrass

    gumweed

    prairie Junegrass

    western 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

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    1295

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    406

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    8.3

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; strong very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03161
    A2—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; loam; strong very coarse platy parts to strong medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03162
    B2T—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3); strong medium columnar parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03163
    B3CA—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03164
    CCA—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 81P03165
    IIC1CA—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 81P03166
    IIC2—114 to 211 centimeters (44.9 to 83.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P03167