IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kim
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969WY019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1969WY019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969WY019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38248
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 43.7094460
  • Std. Longitude: -106.2263870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 78W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4, SW1/4
  • Location Description: one-half mile south of center of field sheet 3N-82.
  • 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 - Kim
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    BOGR2

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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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

    6

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    1417

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    305

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    11.1

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24386
    C1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24387
    C2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24388
    C3ca—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine threadlike lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24389
    C4ca—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine threadlike lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24390