IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Creighton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954WY015005
  • User Pedon ID: S1954WY015005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954WY015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3435
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38550
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.6005554
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5463867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 64W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: Approximately southeast corner of southeast quarter of northwest 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 #: 5
  • 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

    BUDA

    PASM

    Achnatherum

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Pascopyrum smithii

    needlegrass

    buffalograss

    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

    4

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    180

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26605
    B1—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26606
    B21t—14 to 22 centimeters (5.5 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26607. patchy - phpvsfiid 187047; patchy - phpvsfiid 187047
    B22t—22 to 41 centimeters (8.7 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26608
    B3ca—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26609. the horizon contains a few small calcium carbonate concretions.
    C1ca—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm; 1 percent carbonate concretions and carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26610. the horizon contains large amounts of accumulated lime, principally as lime flour but with a few small concretions.
    C2ca—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A26611. the horizon contains moderate amounts of accumulated calcium carbonate chiefly as lime flour.
    C3ca—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26612. this horizon grades downward into fine grained Tertiary sandstone.