IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dunton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WY023004
  • User Pedon ID: 90WY023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WY023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63172
  • 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: 42.6958351
  • Std. Longitude: -110.6922226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 116W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY023—Lincoln

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dunton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Paleboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1990 (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

    ABLA

    VASC

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Vaccinium scoparium

    subalpine fir

    grouse whortleberry

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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

    5

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    2498

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    90

    145

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. needles and duff
    A—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 2.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00694. 10% gravel; common fine and medium roots; common coarse roots
    E—23 to 54 centimeters (9.1 to 21.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00695. 15% gravel; few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots
    E/B—54 to 77 centimeters (21.3 to 30.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00696. 40% gravel; more E than B; some films in ped interiors; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots
    Bt1—77 to 140 centimeters (30.3 to 55.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00697. 15% gravel; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bt2—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. 30% gravel; many clay films surface features on faces of peds