IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Glenton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965WY013017
  • User Pedon ID: S1965WY013017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965WY013017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3116
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38245
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 43.2144432
  • Std. Longitude: -108.4602814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4, NE1/4, NE1/4
  • Location Description: Start at auto gate located near northeast corner of Sec. 25. Proceed along fence upstream 465 feet, thence 57 feet south, southwest. TL3 photo CCK-5N-108.
  • 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 #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glenton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CCK5N-108
  • 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

    ACHY

    ATGA

    ATGA

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex gardneri

    Atriplex gardneri

    Indian ricegrass

    Gardner's saltbush

    Gardner's saltbush

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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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    1554

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    229

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    10.6

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24362
    C1—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24363
    C2—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24364
    C3cs—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24365. Horizon discontinuous with 1/2 pedon having enrichment of gypsum in this horizon and 1/2 pedon without enrichment of gypsum at this depth.
    C4—64 to 104 centimeters (25.2 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24366
    C5—104 to 150 centimeters (40.9 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24367
    C6—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand, loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24368