IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Glenton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965WY013010
  • User Pedon ID: S1965WY013010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965WY013010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38244
  • 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: 43.1427765
  • Std. Longitude: -108.2355576
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4, NE1/4
  • Location Description: Start at intersection of two roads, travel 1,665 feet on road having northeasterly direction, thence 165 feet north. Photo No. CCK-14N-181.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY013—Fremont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY677—Fremont County, Wyoming, Lander Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harold Bindschadler
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CCK14N181
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    BOGR2

    POSE

    POSE

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    Indian ricegrass

    blue grama

    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

    4

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    1585

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    0

    229

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    10.6

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24352. Few scattered pebbles throughout.
    C1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24353. Few scattered pebbles throughout.
    C2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24354
    C3—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24355. Few pebbles throughout; few fine faint threads of secondary lime.
    C4—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent carbonate concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24356. Few pebbles throughout with thin encrustations of lime.
    C5—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent carbonate concretions throughout and spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses and 1 percent fine gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24357. Few pebbles with very thin lime carbonate encrustation; few fine faint threads and soft rounded masses of secondary lime.
    C6cs—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24358. Secondary gypsum and lime in reticulate form.
    C7—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24359. Few lime coated pebbles.
    C8—180 to 216 centimeters (70.9 to 85.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; shale, calcareous fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24360
    C9—216 to 229 centimeters (85.0 to 90.2 inches); fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A24361. Yellowish calcareous sandy shale.