IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Turk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967WY019012
  • User Pedon ID: S1967WY019012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967WY019012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3144
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38273
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.8250008
  • Std. Longitude: -107.0644455
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 85W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4, 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 or west fork for another 8.9 miles, then turn left or east and proceed on trail to site near Mark Davis Camp 110 yards northeast of east gate of Fisher Lane.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY019—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James R. Stephens, Jr.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Turk
  • PSC - 5 to 31 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1967
  • 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: 7/20/1967 (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

    FEID

    Festuca idahoensis

    Idaho fescue

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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

    10

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    2350

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    45

    457

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    6.1

    11.7

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24564
    B21t—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24565. continuous - phpvsfiid 188191; continuous - phpvsfiid 188191
    B22t—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24566. patchy - phpvsfiid 188192; patchy - phpvsfiid 188192
    B31ca—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24567. patchy - phpvsfiid 188193; patchy - phpvsfiid 188193
    B32ca—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; clay, clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24568. patchy - phpvsfiid 188194; patchy - phpvsfiid 188194
    C—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); platy structure; soft; shale, calcareous fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A24569. Soft, olive, calcareous shale with lenses of hard, platy shale.