IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bachus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967WY019008
  • User Pedon ID: S1967WY019008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967WY019008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38232
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 85W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4, NW1/4
  • Location Description: Proceed south on main gravel road which approaches US Highway 16 2.3 miles west of Caribou Lodge for 19.8 miles to junction. Proceed on right fork for another 7.7 miles to stone monument on left or east side of the road. (Site is 100 feet east of the stone monument.)
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY019—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. J. Fowkes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bachus
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Pachic Argicryolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1967
  • 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: 7/19/1967 (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

    Bt3

    0

    8

    15

    30

    41

    8

    15

    30

    41

    66

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    18.2

    18.7

    18.9

    19.7

    21.6

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    43.5

    47.2

    47.6

    43.3

    38.7

    20.2

    21.7

    21.6

    19.5

    16.9

    23.3

    25.5

    26

    23.8

    21.8

    38.3

    34.1

    33.5

    37

    39.7

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    0.6

    0.6

    0.6

    0.9

    0.9

    5.1

    4.4

    4.5

    5

    5.9

    8.5

    7

    6.7

    7.5

    8.2

    15.7

    13.2

    12.3

    13.6

    14.4

    8.4

    8.9

    9.4

    10

    10.3

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    l

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    5.4

    5.4

    5.2

    5

    4.9
    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

    Bt3

    0

    8

    15

    30

    41

    8

    15

    30

    41

    66

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    0.02

    0.01

    0.01

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    0.01

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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

    Bt3

    0

    8

    15

    30

    41

    8

    15

    30

    41

    66

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    0.23

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    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

    0.1

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    0.3

    0.3

    0.7

    1.3

    2.4

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

    CADU6

    ELMA7

    KOMA

    NAVI4

    Carex duriuscula

    Elymus macrourus

    Koeleria macrantha

    Nassella viridula

    needleleaf sedge

    tufted wheatgrass

    prairie Junegrass

    green needlegrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    15—66

    —41—

    —51—
    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

    8

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    2499

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    90

    508

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    11.7

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24260
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24261
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24262. Some clay bridging between sand grains.
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A24263. Pockets of dark material from the A horizon caused by churning by rodents.
    Bt3—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24264
    R—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); very hard; sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A24265. Very hard reddish noncalcareous sandstone.