IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Luhon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WY037005
  • User Pedon ID: 87WY037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60220
  • 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: 41.0388870
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7483368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 109W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet S and 900 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: 70 feet E of driveway & 200 feet N of road.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, calcareous, frigid Borollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Luhon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Luhon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Borollic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; channery loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00539. Weak 1/4 thick crust on the surface.; few very fine roots
    1A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; channery loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00539. many very fine and fine roots
    1Bw—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; channery loam; 24 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine vesicular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00539. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk—30 to 76 centimeters (11.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; channery loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00540. Lime is disseminated and on the undersides of rock fragments. 5% 10 to 13 cm rock fragments.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1C1—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; channery loam; 24 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 35 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine and fine roots
    1C2—107 to 173 centimeters (42.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; very cobbly loam; 25 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 45 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.