IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Busher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WY015008
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WY015008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964WY015008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38234
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 42.1755562
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5547256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 64W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: Starting at the W1/4 corner of Sec. 4, thence south 291 feet to the second telephone pole on the west side of the county road, thence 429 feet east
  • 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Busher
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/1964
  • 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: 5/21/1964 (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

    PASM

    POSE

    POSE

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    blue grama

    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

    5

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    270

    381

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24274
    A12—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24275
    A13—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24276
    AC—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24277
    C1ca—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions and spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24278. Secondary calcium carbonate as soft concretions and coatings on sand grains.
    C2ca—132 to 168 centimeters (52.0 to 66.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24279. Secondary calcium carbonate occurring as soft rounded masses and thin seams and streaks.
    C3ca—168 to 244 centimeters (66.1 to 96.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24280. Secondary calcium carbonate occurring as soft rounded masses and as coating on sand grains.
    C4ca—244 to 320 centimeters (96.1 to 126.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24281. Calcium carbonate occurring as thin seams and streaks and as coatings on sand grains.