IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Forkwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986WY027004
  • User Pedon ID: 86WY027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0653
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58947
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 43.1280556
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5725021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY027—Niobrara

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Forkwood
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Forkwood
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03802
    1Bt—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03803
    1Btk1—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03804
    1Btk2—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03805
    1Bk1—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03806
    2Bk2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 86P03807