IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarkelen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986WY027005
  • User Pedon ID: 86WY027005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0652
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58946
  • 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: 43.2522240
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5180588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY027—Niobrara

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Ustic Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarkelen
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarkelen
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Ustic Torr
  • 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

  • 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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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03797
    1AC—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03798
    1C1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P03799
    1C2—76 to 130 centimeters (29.9 to 51.2 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P03800. Very thin strata of sand.
    2C3g—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P03801