IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mathers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967WY019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1967WY019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967WY019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38252
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 44.0216675
  • Std. Longitude: -107.0263901
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 47N
  • Range: 85W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4, SW1/4
  • Location Description: Proceed south on main gravel road which approaches US Highway 16 2.3 miles west of Caribou Lodge for 9.9 miles. Turn left or east at fence gate, proceed 1.5 miles on trail, thence 50 feet north on trail in timber. Site marked by planted post.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY019—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. J. Fowkes
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mathers
  • PSC - 31 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    JUHO2

    Juniperus horizontalis

    creeping juniper

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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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    2579

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    180

    508

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    3.9

    8.9

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A24408. Litter from conifers, needles, cones, bark, and twigs.
    A11—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24409
    A12—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24410
    A2—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24411
    B&A—26 to 33 centimeters (10.2 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24412. (A2 skeletans on 50 percent of the faces of peds); few coarse pockets of dark minerals.
    B21t—33 to 54 centimeters (13.0 to 21.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; coats on faces of peds and clay bridges between sand grains; gypsum threads; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24413. Clay bridging between sand grains; streaks of dark organic staining.; continuous - phpvsfiid 197173; continuous - phpvsfiid 197173
    B22t—54 to 69 centimeters (21.3 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; coats on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24414. continuous - phpvsfiid 197175; continuous - phpvsfiid 197175
    B3—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; clay bridges between sand grains; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24415. Some clay bridging between sand grains.
    C1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24416. There are erratic bands of dark minerals 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 inches) in thickness and as much as 30 to 100 cm (1 to 3 feet in length.
    C2—127 to 158 centimeters (50.0 to 62.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24417. There are erratic bands of dark minerals 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 inches) thick and as much as 30 to 100 cm ( 1 to 3 feet) in length.
    C3—158 to 186 centimeters (62.2 to 73.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, fine crystal fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24418. Ground water at 178 cm (70 inches).