IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mitchell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1950WY015004
  • User Pedon ID: S1950WY015004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1950WY015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3458
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38573
  • 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: 42.1333351
  • Std. Longitude: -104.4550018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 63W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: Southeast quarter of southwest quarter of southwest 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mitchell
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1950
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1950 (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

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    Achnatherum

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    needlegrass

    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

    2

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26769
    C1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak subangular blocky parts to weak medium and coarse granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26770
    C2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak prismatic parts to weak angular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; soft, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26771. Containing a few 1/4- to 1/2-inch pebbles.
    C3—23 to 71 centimeters (9.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak prismatic parts to weak angular blocky structure; soft, friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26772
    C4—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26773
    C5—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A26774
    C6—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26775