IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Collins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WY031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WY031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958WY031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3438
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38553
  • 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: 42.0616684
  • Std. Longitude: -104.9033356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 67W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: starting at corner fence post which is approximately 115 feet northeast of the southeast corner, then north along fence 849 feet and east 387 feet, in northeast quarter of southwest quarter of southwest quarter
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY031—Platte
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY031—Platte County, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline and Fraser Stephens
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Collins
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1958 (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

    BOGR2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

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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
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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26627
    A12—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26628
    AB—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26629. patchy - phpvsfiid 187049; patchy - phpvsfiid 187049
    B2t—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26630. continuous - phpvsfiid 187050; continuous - phpvsfiid 187050
    B3ca—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26631. this is a weak to moderate horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring as concretions and in finely divided forms.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187051; patchy - phpvsfiid 187051
    Cca1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26632. this is a strong horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring in finely divided forms; there are moderate number of insect casts approximately one-half inch in diameter.
    Cca2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26633. this is a moderate horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring mostly in divided forms; there are many insect approximately one-half inch in diameter.
    B2b—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26634. calcareous with the inside of the aggregates being less calcareous than their surface; there are a few insect casts in this horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187052; patchy - phpvsfiid 187052
    B3cab—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26635
    Cca—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26636. this is a strong horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring in finely divided forms.
    D—157 centimeters (61.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A26637. Sand and gravel with little fine material; this horizon contains some accumulated lime but less than in the horizon above and mainly as coating on the surfaces of sand and gravel. Rocks in this horizon are principally granitic rocks but there is a small percentage of metamorphic rock as well. This horizon not sampled for laboratory study.