IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kishona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WY045003
  • User Pedon ID: 91WY045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0987
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64024
  • 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: 43.7916679
  • Std. Longitude: -104.3750000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 63W
  • Section: 29
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY045—Weston

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Franks, J. Warner
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kishona
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Ustic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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

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    1279

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    90

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06185. common very fine roots; many fine roots
    Bw1—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06186. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06187. few very fine roots
    Bk2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06188. few very fine roots
    Bk3—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P06189. few very fine roots
    Akb—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06190. few very fine roots
    Bkb—135 to 140 centimeters (53.1 to 55.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P06191. few thin CaCO3 concretions; 0-1" (91P6192) is a subsample