IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowdrey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969WY023010
  • User Pedon ID: S1969WY023010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43696
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.9230537
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0319443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 119W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 152 meters (500 feet) south and 6 meters (20 feet) west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) west of Thayne, Wyoming.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY023—Lincoln
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY723—Lincoln County Area, Wyoming, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. J. Fowkes
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowdrey
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1EE-120
  • 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
    • 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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    1890

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    0

    457

    —

    —

    17.2

    —

    —

    21.1

    28.3

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 69C00658. Pine needles, cones, twigs, and grass litter.
    A1—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00659
    A2—6 to 21 centimeters (2.4 to 8.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00660
    A&B—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; gray (10YR 6/1) coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00661
    B&A—39 to 54 centimeters (15.4 to 21.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; gray (10YR 6/1) coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 10 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00662. patchy - phpvsfiid 197145; patchy - phpvsfiid 197145
    B21t—54 to 82 centimeters (21.3 to 32.3 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on faces of peds and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00663. very few scattered coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 197138; continuous - phpvsfiid 197138
    B22t—82 to 110 centimeters (32.3 to 43.3 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on faces of peds and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00664. very few scattered coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 197140; continuous - phpvsfiid 197140
    B31—110 to 155 centimeters (43.3 to 61.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on faces of peds and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00665. very few scattered coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 197142; continuous - phpvsfiid 197142
    B32—155 to 191 centimeters (61.0 to 75.2 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on faces of peds and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00666. very few scattered coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 188025; continuous - phpvsfiid 188025
    B33—191 to 211 centimeters (75.2 to 83.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00667. Very few scattered coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 188022; continuous - phpvsfiid 188022
    C—211 to 224 centimeters (83.1 to 88.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent coats on faces of peds; 35 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 69C00668. 35 percent coarse weathered limestone fragments that crush easily between the fingers.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188023; patchy - phpvsfiid 188023