IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mitchell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1952WY015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1952WY015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3459
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38574
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 42.0530548
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2602768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 62W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: Northeast corner of northwest quarter of southwest quarter, 375 feet south and 175 feet east if intersection of field trail and head of drainage ditch.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. J. Fox
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mitchell
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1952
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1952 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A1p—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26777. 42 degrees F. at 2.5 inches.
    A12—9 to 22 centimeters (3.5 to 8.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; single grain, and weak fine granular; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26778
    AC—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A26779
    C11—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak angular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26780
    C12—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26781
    C13—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular, and single grain; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A26782. 56 degrees F. at 52 inches.
    C14—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26783. alfalfa roots penetrate to almost 5 feet.