IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1950WY015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1950WY015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1950WY015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3450
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38565
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 42.0558319
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2791672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 62W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: Northwest quarter of southeast quarter of northwest quarter
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. M. Johnson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keota
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/1950
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1950 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACHNA

    ARTEM

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    Achnatherum

    Artemisia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    needlegrass

    sagebrush

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

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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

    3

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    0

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26720. numerous specks and small spots light gray.
    AC—8 to 17 centimeters (3.1 to 6.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak prismatic parts to weak angular blocky parts to weak granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 roots and 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26721. numerous white spots; grass roots very numerous; white spots are due to small particles of weathered Brule siltstone.
    C1ca—17 to 23 centimeters (6.7 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate prismatic parts to weak angular blocky parts to weak granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26722. white to pale brown specks and small spots; grass roots numerous.
    C2ca—23 to 64 centimeters (9.1 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate prismatic parts to weak angular blocky parts to weak granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26723. contains numerous small fragments of Brule siltstone; grass roots moderately numerous.
    C3ca—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak granular structure; soft, very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26724. calcareous silt loam that is nearly loose in place; same speckled color as horizon above; contains numerous tiny fragments of Brule siltstone.