IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Enos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965WY013015
  • User Pedon ID: S1965WY013015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965WY013015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3111
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38240
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 43.2280540
  • Std. Longitude: -108.7788925
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4, NE1/4, NE1/4
  • Location Description: Start at the intersection of two roads at the northeast corner of Sec. 20. Proceed west 906 feet, thence 87 feet south. TL4 photo CCK-24N-138.
  • 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 #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Enos
  • PSC - 15 to 25 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CCK24N138
  • 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

    3

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    1661

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    180

    229

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    10.6

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24317
    B1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24318. patchy - phpvsfiid 188090; patchy - phpvsfiid 188090
    B2t—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds and organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24319. continuous - phpvsfiid 197153; continuous - phpvsfiid 197153
    B3ca—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24320. Few pebbles with lime encrustations on undersides; few krotovina; lime mainly disseminated.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197155; patchy - phpvsfiid 197155
    C1ca—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24321
    C2ca—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches);, light greenish gray (5GY 7/1), dry; carbonate threads; sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24322. Medium green sandstone with secondary carbonate in seams and fissures.
    C3ca—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); thin platy structure; sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A24323. Thin platy structured bedrock sandstone.
    R—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); hard; sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A24324. Hard, fine grained sandstone.