IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953WY015002
  • User Pedon ID: S1953WY015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3452
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38567
  • 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: 42.0466652
  • Std. Longitude: -104.3305588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 62W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: northeast corner of northwest quarter of northeast quarter, 70 feet south of road
  • Location Description: photo 9-50.
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keota
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9-50
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    Ap—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak very fine granular, and single grain; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26733. some tiny Brule fragments.
    C1—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to single grain, and weak fine granular; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26734. some fine roots and Brule fragments.
    C2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; single grain, and weak fine granular; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26735. occasional tiny Brule chips.
    C3—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26736. occasional fine roots and tiny Brule fragments.
    C4—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; massive parts to single grain; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26737. a few fine roots and Brule fragments.
    R—81 centimeters (31.9 inches); fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26738. (Not sampled.) Calcareous fragmental Brule siltstone; white spots and films of calcium carbonate in cracks.