IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amsden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967WY019004
  • User Pedon ID: S1967WY019004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967WY019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3100
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38229
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.9702797
  • Std. Longitude: -107.0191650
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 85W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4, NW1/4
  • Location Description: Proceed south on main gravel road which approaches US Highway 16, 2.3 miles west of Caribou Lodge for 16.8 miles, then turn left at fence corner. Proceed east on trail parallel to fenced gate No. 1. Follow trail north gate to ridgetop; thence northeasterly to gate on north-south fence. From gate follow trail northeasterly to flat area, then turn left on trail going north. Proceed on this trail to small dam approximately 3/4 mile. (Site is 75 yards southwest of dam.)
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amsden
  • PSC - 36 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1967 (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

    ASTRA

    LUPIN

    POVI3

    POVI3

    Astragalus

    Lupinus

    Polygonum viviparum

    Polygonum viviparum

    milkvetch

    lupine

    alpine bistort

    alpine bistort

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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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    2469

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    508

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    3.9

    9.4

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24235
    A12—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24236
    B1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24237
    B2t—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24238
    B3ca—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented lime masses; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24239. Few fine soft masses of secondary lime.
    C1ca—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21 percent fine and medium spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24240. Many medium and fine soft rounded masses of secondary lime.
    C2ca—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24241. Common fine soft rounded masses of secondary lime.
    C3ca—150 to 193 centimeters (59.1 to 76.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24242. Many fine soft rounded masses of secondary lime.