IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Decross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967WY019005
  • User Pedon ID: S1967WY019005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967WY019005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3135
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38264
  • 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: 43.9375000
  • Std. Longitude: -107.0538864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 85W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4, SE1/4
  • Location Description: Proceed south on main gravel road which approaches US Highway 16 2.3 miles west of Carbous Lodge for 18.0 miles. Turn right, go through gate in west fence line. (Site is 100 feet north of gate and 50 feet west of fence.)
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY019—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. J. Fowkes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Calcic Pachic Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Decross
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Calcic Pachic Argicryolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1967
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bk

    BCk1

    BCk2

    0

    13

    30

    46

    64

    102

    142

    13

    30

    46

    64

    102

    142

    150

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    32.2

    29

    32.4

    30

    23.2

    17.5

    4

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    3

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    51.7

    58.2

    55.9

    57.5

    54

    59.1

    63

    23.6

    25.9

    25.5

    24.7

    23.2

    39.3

    28.6

    28.1

    32.3

    30.4

    32.8

    30.8

    19.8

    34.4

    16.1

    12.8

    11.7

    12.5

    22.8

    23.4

    33

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    0.1

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    0

    3.1

    1.2

    0.8

    0.2

    0.3

    0.2

    0.5

    4.8

    3.3

    0.9

    0.2

    0.2

    0.9

    0.4

    2.7

    2.4

    3.3

    0.8

    0.8

    0.9

    2

    4.5

    5.7

    11.1

    11.6

    10.3

    11.2

    19.5

    8.3

    20.4

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    sicl

    sicl

    sicl

    sicl

    sil

    sil

    sil

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    6.2

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    6.8

    7.8

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

    A2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bk

    BCk1

    BCk2

    0

    13

    30

    46

    64

    102

    142

    13

    30

    46

    64

    102

    142

    150

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    0.06

    0.04

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A2

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bk

    BCk1

    BCk2

    0

    13

    30

    46

    64

    102

    142

    13

    30

    46

    64

    102

    142

    150

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ASTRA

    ELMA7

    LUPIN

    Astragalus

    Elymus macrourus

    Lupinus

    milkvetch

    tufted wheatgrass

    lupine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—46

    31—64

    64—150

    —46—

    —33—

    —86—
    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

    7

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    2438

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    90

    508

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    3.3

    8.9

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24502
    A2—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24503
    Bt1—31 to 46 centimeters (12.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24504
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24505
    Bk—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24506. Original description was described as a C horizon with subangular blocky structure, lab. data shows 16% of CaCo3, changed it to Bk
    BCk1—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 21 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24507
    BCk2—142 to 150 centimeters (55.9 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24508