IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WY015011
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WY015011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964WY015011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3124
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38253
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.5927773
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2086105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 61W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 185 feet west and 140 feet south of the northeast 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 #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Norka
  • PSC - 18 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1964
  • 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: 5/22/1964 (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

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    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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    381

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24419
    B21t—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24420. patchy - phpvsfiid 188085; patchy - phpvsfiid 188085
    B22t—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 75 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24421. patchy - phpvsfiid 188086; patchy - phpvsfiid 188086
    B3ca—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent coats on vertical faces of peds; gypsum threads and carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24422. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as thin seams and streaks.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188087; patchy - phpvsfiid 188087
    C1ca—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24423. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C2ca—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24424. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C3ca—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24425. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C4ca—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24426. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C5ca—157 to 361 centimeters (61.8 to 142.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24427. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    IIC6ca—361 to 594 centimeters (142.1 to 233.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loamy very fine sand; massive; soft, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24428. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.