IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dunday
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971WY015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1971WY015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971WY015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3771
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39427
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 61W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Torrington Substation south side of Highway
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY615—Goshen County, Wyoming, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dunday
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: wind reworked sandy alluvium
  • Landform: Second terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    AGCR

    Agropyron cristatum

    crested 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

    1

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    1280

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loamy very fine sand; weak medium and coarse crumb structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29057; moist when described;
    B1—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; loamy very fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium crumb structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29058; moist when described;
    B12—26 to 47 centimeters (10.2 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loamy very fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium crumb structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29059; dry when described;
    Ab1—47 to 62 centimeters (18.5 to 24.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loamy very fine sand; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29060; dry when described;
    Bb1—62 to 80 centimeters (24.4 to 31.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy very fine sand; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and single grain; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29061; dry when described;
    Cb1—80 to 110 centimeters (31.5 to 43.3 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7. Lab sample # 40A29062; dry when described;