IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TERRO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998WY005011
  • User Pedon ID: 98WY005011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998WY005011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0416
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10686
  • 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: 44.7275009
  • Std. Longitude: -105.8961105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 55N
  • Range: 75W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet E and 1910 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY005—Campbell
  • MLRA: 58B—Northern Rolling High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY705—Campbell County, Wyoming, Northern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44105-F8—Larey Draw, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CAP, GK
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TERRO
  • PSC - 4 to 39 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1998
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: s shale, unspecified and a dip of 28 to 28 degrees
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: B4 B3
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMPS

    POSE

    POSE

    Ambrosia psilostachya

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    Cuman ragweed

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—12

    12—39

    39—72

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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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    270

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 4.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02409
    AB—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots; 6.0 fine pores; 25 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02410. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198917; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198917
    Bt1—12 to 21 centimeters (4.7 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots; 7.0 fine pores; 25 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay bridges; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02411. continuous - phpvsfiid 200496; continuous - phpvsfiid 200496
    Bt2—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 9.0 fine pores; 35 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay bridges; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02412. continuous - phpvsfiid 200497; continuous - phpvsfiid 200497
    Bk1—39 to 57 centimeters (15.4 to 22.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 9.0 fine pores; 7 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay bridges in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02413. continuous - phpvsfiid 200498; continuous - phpvsfiid 200498
    Bk2—57 to 72 centimeters (22.4 to 28.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy clay loam; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 9.0 fine pores; 5 percent fine irregular light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate threads throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02414
    2Bk3—72 to 88 centimeters (28.3 to 34.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 7.0 fine pores; 12 percent fine and medium irregular light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02415. buried horizon
    Cr—88 to 120 centimeters (34.6 to 47.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); fragments. Lab sample # 98P02416. 1 VF upper 30 cm