IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paulson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969WY023007
  • User Pedon ID: S1969WY023007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43693
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 42.7194443
  • Std. Longitude: -110.9955521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 119W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 216 meters (710 feet) south and 88 meters (290 feet) east of the northwest corner of NE1/4 of NE1/4
  • Location Description: 5 km (3 miles) west of Afton, Wyoming.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY023—Lincoln
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY723—Lincoln County Area, Wyoming, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. B. Ravenholt
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paulson
  • PSC - 78 to 128 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: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: BBL1EE-69
  • 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

    3

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    1859

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    135

    457

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    17.2

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    21.1

    28.3

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00636
    A12—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00637. Many earthworm castings.
    B1—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00638
    B21t—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00639
    B22t—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 21.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00640
    B3—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00641
    C1ca—163 to 196 centimeters (64.2 to 77.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), pale red (2.5YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00642. Secondary lime disseminated.
    C2ca—196 to 226 centimeters (77.2 to 89.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), pale red (2.5YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 69C00643. Secondary lime disseminated.