IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unknown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016WY033001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016WY033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N1955
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87550
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 44.6538056
  • Std. Longitude: -106.9900556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 307—Worthenton-Recluse complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY033—Sheridan
  • MLRA: 58B—Northern Rolling High Plains, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY633—Sheridan County Area, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Leno
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unknown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/2016
  • Classifier - Mike Leno
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 61 degrees F of Soil temperature at 50 cm and 1 mmhos cm of EC from 0 to 15 cm 'A' horizon and 0.85 mmhos cm of EC from 15 to 38 cm 'Bw' horizon and 0.65 mmhos cm of EC from 38 to 76 cm 'Bkg1' horizon and 0.6 mmhos cm of EC from 76 to 100 cm 'Bkg2' horizon and 100 cm of Depth to free water


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    15—38

    —18—

    —23—
    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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    1300

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    45

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; 29 percent clay; strong coarse granular structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many (10.0) medium roots throughout and many (10.0) coarse roots throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; 1 mmhos cm of EC; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09021; dry when described; observed in trench
    Bw—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; 45 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent dendritic masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; 0.85 mmhos cm of EC; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09022; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bkg1—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); greenish gray (10Y 6/1) loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent dendritic masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; 0.65 mmhos cm of EC; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N09023; very moist when described; observed in trench
    Bkg2—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); greenish gray (10Y 5/1) sandy clay loam; 25 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent dendritic masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; 0.6 mmhos cm of EC; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 16N09024; wet when described; observed in trench