IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kyle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WY015002
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WY015002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964WY015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38250
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.9880562
  • Std. Longitude: -104.3519440
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 62W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4, SW1/4, SE1/4
  • Location Description: 60 feet west and 242 feet north of the west abutment of the bridge over Cherry Creek on the county road.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arvad J. Cline
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kyle
  • 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: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    DISP

    PASM

    SARCO

    SPAI

    SPAI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Distichlis spicata

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sarcobatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus airoides

    blue grama

    saltgrass

    western wheatgrass

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

    alkali sacaton

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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

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    381

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; clay; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24396
    B21—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24397. patchy - phpvsfiid 188071; patchy - phpvsfiid 188071
    B22—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium granular structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24398. patchy - phpvsfiid 188072; patchy - phpvsfiid 188072
    B23—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24399. patchy - phpvsfiid 188073; patchy - phpvsfiid 188073
    B3cacs—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; carbonate concretions and gypsum crystals, unspecified and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24400. Secondary calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate that accumulates as crystals and small soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C1cacs—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; clay; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium mottles; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; carbonate concretions and gypsum crystals, unspecified and gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24401. Secondary calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate occurs as crystals in thin seams and streaks and as soft rounded masses.
    C2—117 to 178 centimeters (46.1 to 70.1 inches); clay; 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium mottles; massive; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24402