IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ascalon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989WY021009
  • User Pedon ID: 89WY021009
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0823
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61922
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.4663887
  • Std. Longitude: -104.7083359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 65W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Laramie County, WY
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY021—Laramie

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ascalon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ascalon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1989 (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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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04760
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04761. few clay films surface features
    Bt2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent distinct clay films; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04762. many clay films surface features
    Btk1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy clay loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04763
    Btk2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); gravelly loam; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04764
    Bk1—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); gravelly loam; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04765
    Bk2—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); gravelly loam; fragments. Lab sample # 89P04766
    C—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); gravelly sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 89P04767
    CR—599 to 650 centimeters (235.8 to 255.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 89P04768