IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Torrington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988WY027002
  • User Pedon ID: 88WY027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0813
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60931
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 42.7738876
  • Std. Longitude: -104.1105576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY027—Niobrara

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Torrington
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Torrington
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1988 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; loamy fine sand; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 88P04260
    1Bt1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04261
    1Bt2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04262
    1C—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; loamy very fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    1Cr—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); fragments. Semi-hard slightly calcareous arikarse sandstone.