IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wolfvar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: P05WY719002
  • User Pedon ID: P05WY719002
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T04WY719071
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0860
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17785
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 44.1329722
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7881389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 987—Wolfvar-Crago, extremely stony loams, 3 to 25 percent slopes
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY019—Johnson
  • MLRA: 58B—Northern Rolling High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY719—Johnson County Area, Wyoming, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MRL,RW,KAC,BDM,TW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcidic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wolfvar
  • PSC - 5 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mantlemine
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone and sandstone
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5- to 20-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    2Bk

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

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    2Bk

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

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    2Bk

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—20

    2—12

    30—46

    2—20—25

    8—10—30

    15—16—145
    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

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 21-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 6-13-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bt—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 70 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 6-13-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 308866; continuous - phpvsfiid 308866
    Btk—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 21-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 6-13-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed, moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak coarse platy parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 6-13-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 21-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    Bk2—46 to 87 centimeters (18.1 to 34.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; weak very coarse platy parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse platy parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 21-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 6-13-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    2Bk—87 to 168 centimeters (34.3 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand; 8 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 251-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 6-13-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 21-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 76-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0.; observed in trench