IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Collins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WY031002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WY031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958WY031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3439
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38554
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 42.0480537
  • Std. Longitude: -104.9438858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 68W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: starting at southeast corner of section, then north 1184 feet and west 266 feet in northeast quarter of southeast quarter of southeast quarter
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY031—Platte
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY031—Platte County, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. J. Cline and Fraser Stephens
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Collins
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1958 (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

    ARDR4

    ARFR4

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    BUDA

    Artemisia dracunculus

    Artemisia frigida

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Buchloe dactyloides

    tarragon

    prairie sagewort

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    buffalograss

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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

    1

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    45

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26638. horizon temperature 26.5 degrees centigrade.
    A12—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine single grain; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26639. Temperature of this horizon 27.0 degrees centigrade.
    AB—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26640. temperature of this horizon of 26.5 degrees centigrade.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187053; patchy - phpvsfiid 187053
    B21t—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26641. horizon temperature 24.0 degrees centigrade.; continuous - phpvsfiid 187054; continuous - phpvsfiid 187054
    B22t—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26642. temperature 23.5 degrees centigrade.; continuous - phpvsfiid 187055; continuous - phpvsfiid 187055
    B3ca—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26643. this is a very weak horizon of lime accumulation with some visible lime occurring as concretions; temperature 24.5 degrees centigrade.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187056; patchy - phpvsfiid 187056
    Cca1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; carbonate concretions and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26644. weak to moderate horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring as concretions and in thin seams and streaks; temperature 22.0 degrees centigrade.
    Acab—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; carbonate concretions and gypsum threads; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26645. moderate horizon of lime accumulations with visible lime occurring as concretions and in this seams and streaks; there are common numbers of insect casts approximately one-half inch in diameter; temperature 22.0 degrees centigrade.
    Cca2—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate concretions and gypsum threads; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26646. approximately 5 percent of this horizon is gravel and stone coarse than two inches; this is a moderate horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring as concretion and in this seams and streaks; horizon temperature 22.0 degrees centigrade.
    Cca3—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26647. this is a strong horizon of lime accumulation with visible lime occurring mainly in finely divided forms; approximately 10 percent of the horizon is coarse gravel and stone; temperature 20.0 degrees centigrade; this horizon grades downward into a sand, gravel, and cobble substratum.