IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kishona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WY045001
  • User Pedon ID: 91WY045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0977
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64014
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024
  • 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: 43.7500000
  • Std. Longitude: -104.3750000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 63W
  • Section: 27
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY045—Weston
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Warner, C. Franks, P. Dern
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kishona
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ustic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    7

    1228

    0

    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06137. many very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06138. many very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06139. few very fine roots; many fine roots
    C1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06140. few soft masses of CaCO3; few very fine and fine roots
    C2—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06141. few soft masses of CaCO3; few very fine and fine roots
    C3—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06142. few very fine roots
    Cr—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); massive; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06143. shale