IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1950WY015002
  • User Pedon ID: S1950WY015002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1950WY015002
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3432
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38547
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 42.0283318
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2477798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 62W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: Southeast quarter of northeast quarter of northeast quarter
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. M. Johnson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colby
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1950
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1950 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

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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

    4

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26585
    A12—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26586
    AC—11 to 51 centimeters (4.3 to 20.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate prismatic parts to weak granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26587
    C1ca—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak prismatic structure; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26588
    C2ca—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak prismatic structure; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26589