IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARVADA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977WY005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1977WY005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977WY005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3809
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39462
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 44.2880554
  • Std. Longitude: -105.0961075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 69W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY005—Campbell
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY605—Campbell County, Wyoming, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Stephens and Gerald Gavette
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ARVADA
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1977 (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

    PASM

    SARCO

    SPAI

    SPAI

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Sarcobatus

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus airoides

    western wheatgrass

    greasewood

    alkali sacaton

    alkali sacaton

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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

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    1286

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    330

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    10.6

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    A21—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to weak coarse granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29260
    A22—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29261
    B2TCACS—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium columnar parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; 7.80000019 Cresol red; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29262
    B3TCACS—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; 7.80000019 Cresol red; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29263
    C1CS—64 to 105 centimeters (25.2 to 41.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) mottles; massive; hard when dry, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; 7.80000019 Cresol red; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29264
    C2CS—105 to 153 centimeters (41.3 to 60.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) mottles; massive; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red. Lab sample # 40A29265