IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980WY007009
  • User Pedon ID: S1980WY007009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0330
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48108
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.5180550
  • Std. Longitude: -107.3355560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 88W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 301 meters W and 167 meters S of the center
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY007—Carbon
  • MLRA: 48A—Southern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY630—Carbon County Area, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.K. Malnor, M.C. Suhr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Argic Cryoborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellsville
  • PSC - 6 to 47 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownspark
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Argic Cryoboroll
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 5
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01704
    B2t—6 to 38 centimeters (2.4 to 15.0 inches); sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent clay films on tops of soil columns; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01705. patchy - phpvsfiid 205778; patchy - phpvsfiid 205778
    B3ca—38 to 47 centimeters (15.0 to 18.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01706
    C1ca—47 to 63 centimeters (18.5 to 24.8 inches); loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 21 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01707
    C2ca—63 to 83 centimeters (24.8 to 32.7 inches); loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01708
    C3—83 to 108 centimeters (32.7 to 42.5 inches); gravelly sandy loam; single grain, and massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01709
    Cr—108 to 115 centimeters (42.5 to 45.3 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 80P01710