IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954WY015003
  • User Pedon ID: S1954WY015003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954WY015003
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3470
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38585
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 41.5647240
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5077744
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 64W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: Near southeast corner of southwest quarter
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 17 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2018
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    BUDA

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Buchloe dactyloides

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    buffalograss

    western wheatgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    free carbonates

    secondary carbonates

    paralithic contact

    0—33

    17—43

    43—104

    43—104

    104—114

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    —26—

    —61—

    —61—

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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

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    90

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26852
    BA—8 to 17 centimeters (3.1 to 6.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26853. This horizon has a very weak tendency towards columnar structure.
    Bt1—17 to 33 centimeters (6.7 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 30 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26854
    Bt2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26855. patchy - phpvsfiid 1609967; patchy - phpvsfiid 1609967
    Bk1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26856. The horizon has a few small calcium carbonate concretions.
    Bk2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26857. The horizon contains large amounts of accumulated lime principally as lime flour but with a few concretions.
    Bk3—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26858. The horizon contains moderate amounts of calcium carbonate chiefly as lime flour but with an occasional calcium carbonate concretion; this horizon grades downward to soft sandstone.
    Cr—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); fragments.