IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Briggsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966WY019011
  • User Pedon ID: S1966WY019011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966WY019011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38233
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 43.8325005
  • Std. Longitude: -106.5063858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 80W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1,150 feet east and 25 feet north of the SW corner
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY019—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harold Bindschadler
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Briggsdale
  • PSC - 20 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1966 (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

    POSE

    POSE

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    blue grama

    prairie Junegrass

    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

    5

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    1463

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    305

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    11.1

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24266
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24267. Bleached sand and silt grains arranged in reticulated vein pattern.
    B1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24268
    B21t—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; coats on faces of peds and organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24269. continuous - phpvsfiid 188123; continuous - phpvsfiid 188123
    B22t—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24270. continuous - phpvsfiid 188125; continuous - phpvsfiid 188125
    B31—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24271
    B32—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume angular sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24272. 25 percent partially weathered small angular sandstone.
    Cca—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches);, light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; sand; 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A24273. Platy sandy shale that has secondary lime in cleavages and channels.