IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Apron
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965WY013012
  • User Pedon ID: S1965WY013012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38231
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.0694427
  • Std. Longitude: -108.3833313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4, NE1/4, NE1/4
  • Location Description: Start at intersection of US 26 right-of-way fence on the west side and the east-west section line. Proceed west from this intersection 804 feet and south 306 feet. TL1 photo 14N-124.
  • 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 #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Apron
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14N-124
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1511

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    60

    229

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    10.6

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24252
    C1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24253
    C2—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24254. The horizon appears to be discontinuous.
    C3—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24255
    C4—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24256
    C5—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24257
    C6—142 to 188 centimeters (55.9 to 74.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; medium single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24258
    C7—188 to 201 centimeters (74.0 to 79.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24259. Secondary lime encrustations on undersides of gravel.