IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Heldt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WY015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WY015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3117
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38246
  • 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: 42.0171928
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2602921
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 62W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4, SE1/4 of SW1/4
  • Location Description: 517 feet east north of the east abutment of the bridge over Cherry Creek. Published R82W edited to R62W
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arvad J. Cline
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heldt
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    381

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24369
    B21—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 10 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24370. patchy - phpvsfiid 188067; patchy - phpvsfiid 188067
    B22—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24371. patchy - phpvsfiid 188068; patchy - phpvsfiid 188068
    B23—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24372. patchy - phpvsfiid 188069; patchy - phpvsfiid 188069
    B24—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24373. patchy - phpvsfiid 188070; patchy - phpvsfiid 188070
    B3cacs—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; carbonate concretions and gypsum crystals, unspecified and gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24374. Secondary calcium carbonate and secondary calcium sulfate occur as crystals and small soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C1cacs—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; carbonate concretions and gypsum crystals, unspecified and 1 percent spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24375. Secondary calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate accumulated as crystals and small soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C2ca—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; carbonate concretions and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24376. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs mostly as small seams and streaks.