IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Creighton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WY015010
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WY015010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964WY015010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38235
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.7983322
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2222214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 61W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1,220 feet east and 66 feet south of the NW 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 #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Creighton
  • PSC - 13 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1964 (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

    KOMA

    PASM

    POSE

    POSE

    YUCCA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    Yucca

    blue grama

    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    yucca

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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

    3

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    225

    381

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24282
    B2t—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; coats on all faces of peds and clay bridges between sand grains and coats on sand and gravel; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24283. Thin patchy glossy coatings on horizontal and vertical faces of peds; clay bridging between sand grains and clay coatings on sand grains.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188082; patchy - phpvsfiid 188082
    B3—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24284
    C1ca—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24285. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C2ca—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24286. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C3ca—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24287. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C4ca—163 to 254 centimeters (64.2 to 100.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24288. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C5ca—254 to 406 centimeters (100.0 to 159.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24289. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in this seams and streaks.