IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hobacker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969WY023005
  • User Pedon ID: S1969WY023005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0118
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43691
  • 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: 42.7291679
  • Std. Longitude: -110.9358368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 119W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 274 meters (900 feet) west and 6 meters (20 feet) north of southeast corner of NE1/4
  • Location Description: Northwest edge of Afton, Wyoming, near creamery. Site located on photo BBL-1EE-268.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY023—Lincoln
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY723—Lincoln County Area, Wyoming, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. J. Fowkes
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hobacker
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: BBL1EE268
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    1

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    1902

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    270

    457

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    17.2

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    21.1

    28.3

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00629. 15 percent rounded fragments less than 19 mm diameter, 5 percent between 19 mm and 76 mm diameter
    A12—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00630. 25 percent rounded fragments less than 19 mm diameter, 15 percent between 19 mm and 76 mm diameter, 5 percent greater than 76 mm diameter; lime coatings on undersides of some of the fragments.
    IIC1—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00631. 50 percent rounded fragments less than 19 mm diameter, 20 percent between 19 mm and 76 mm diameter, 10 percent between 76 mm and 254 mm diameter, 5 percent greater than 254 mm diameter, concretions of secondary lime on undersides of most of the fragments.
    IIC2—99 to 170 centimeters (39.0 to 66.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume rounded 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00632. 35 percent rounded fragments less than 19 mm diameter, 35 percent between 19 mm and 76 mm diameter, 10 percent between 76 mm and 254 mm diameter, 5 percent larger than 254 mm diameter, lime coatings on undersides of fragments.