IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brownsto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998WY013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1998WY013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - 003
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0450
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10720
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 43.1547500
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1230000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Northwest 1/4 of section 10, T. 2 N., R. 3 W.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY013—Fremont
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Gustafson & Jennifer Young
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownsto
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1998
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: d-8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—5

    5—86

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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

    2

    2076

    0

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) rubbed, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 10 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.
    Bk1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bk2—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bk3—31 to 56 centimeters (12.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 10 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bk4—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 10 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary.
    C1—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; stony coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 15 percent by volume rounded 250-425-600 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary.
    C2—127 to 172 centimeters (50.0 to 67.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.