IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amsden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989WY023008
  • User Pedon ID: 89WY023008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989WY023008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0772
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61871
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.8216667
  • Std. Longitude: -110.5244446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 115W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: NW
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY023—Lincoln

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amsden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Argic Cryoborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTR

    FEID

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Festuca idahoensis

    Jack in the pulpit

    Idaho fescue

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    2493

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    90

    127

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many very fine and fine roots
    A2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04446. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    BC—61 to 104 centimeters (24.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine and fine roots
    C—104 to 175 centimeters (40.9 to 68.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. few very fine roots