IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Creighton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954WY015004
  • User Pedon ID: S1954WY015004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954WY015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3434
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38549
  • 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: 41.5980568
  • Std. Longitude: -104.4605560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 63W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: Near southeast corner of northeast quarter of southeast quarter
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Creighton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    BOUTE

    PASM

    Achnatherum

    Bouteloua

    Pascopyrum smithii

    needlegrass

    grama

    western wheatgrass

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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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    45

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26598
    B1—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26599
    B21t—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26600. patchy - phpvsfiid 187045; patchy - phpvsfiid 187045
    B22t—32 to 43 centimeters (12.6 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26601. patchy - phpvsfiid 187046; patchy - phpvsfiid 187046
    B3ca—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26602. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated lime principally as small concretions.
    C1ca—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26603. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated calcium carbonate chiefly as lime flour.
    C2ca—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26604. The horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated lime chiefly as lime flour but has somewhat less than the horizon above.