IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nunn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WY015003
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WY015003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964WY015003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38254
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.9202766
  • Std. Longitude: -104.4605560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 63W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1,905 feet north and 315 feet west of the southeast corner
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nunn
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    ATCO

    BOGR2

    KOMA

    PASM

    POSE

    POSE

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    shadscale saltbush

    blue grama

    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

    1

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    90

    381

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24429
    A12—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24430
    B2t—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 75 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24431. patchy - phpvsfiid 188074; patchy - phpvsfiid 188074
    B3ca—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent coats on faces of peds; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24432. Few thin patchy glossy coatings on faces of peds; secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188075; patchy - phpvsfiid 188075
    C1ca—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24433. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C2ca—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24434. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    A1cab—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24435. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C3ca—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and fine gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24436. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses in thin seams and streaks and in finely divided forms.
    C4cab—163 to 185 centimeters (64.2 to 72.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable; gypsum threads and fine spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24437. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs in finely divided forms as small soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C5cacsmb—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches);, white (2.5Y 8/1), dry; carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A24438. White (2.5Y 9/2) indurated accumulation of calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate. The horizon can be cut with a spade or a knife with difficulty.
    C6cacsmb—203 to 216 centimeters (79.9 to 85.0 inches);, white (2.5Y 8/1), dry; carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A24439. White (2.5Y 9/2) indurated accumulation of calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate. The horizon can be cut with a spade or a knife with difficulty.