IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Castello
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976WY037003
  • User Pedon ID: S1976WY037003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976WY037003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1133
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34192
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 41.0666656
  • Std. Longitude: -109.2266693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 105W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 60 ft NW of telephone pole No. 3858 and 50 ft west of Clay Basin Road.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. B. Ravenholt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Borollic Calciorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Castello
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Borollic Calciorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gravelly alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1976 (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

    ARNO4

    ELMA7

    PSSP6

    Artemisia nova

    Elymus macrourus

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    black sagebrush

    tufted wheatgrass

    bluebunch 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

    5

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    2179

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    90

    11

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    75

    6

    17

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08609
    A12—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08610
    A3—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08611
    Cac1—22 to 37 centimeters (8.7 to 14.6 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08612
    Cac2—37 to 69 centimeters (14.6 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08613
    Cac3—69 to 100 centimeters (27.2 to 39.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08614
    C4—100 to 140 centimeters (39.4 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 40A08615