IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Collins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958WY031010
  • User Pedon ID: S1958WY031010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3444
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38559
  • 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: 42.2233315
  • Std. Longitude: -104.9777756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 68W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: northeast quarter of southeast quarter of southwest quarter
  • Location Description: starting at north end of metal culvert (approximately 300 feet north of south Y of Dwyer Junction on east side of US Highway 87), then west 52 feet to west side of pavement, northwest along edge of highway 974 feet, southwest at right angle to US Highway 87 for 235 feet.
  • 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 #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Collins
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1958
  • 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: 10/9/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26676
    B21t—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26677. continuous - phpvsfiid 188058; continuous - phpvsfiid 188058
    B22t—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26678. patchy - phpvsfiid 188059; patchy - phpvsfiid 188059
    B2ca—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26679. this is a very weak horizon of lime accumulation with visible them occurring mainly as an occasional concretion; insect casts approximately 1/2-inch in diameter are common in this horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188060; patchy - phpvsfiid 188060
    B3ca—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; 21 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A26680. this is weak to moderate lime accumulation with many calcium carbonate concretions.
    Cca1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A26681. this is a strong horizon of lime occurring in divided forms.
    Cca2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, very friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A26682. this is a moderate to strong lime horizon with visible lime occurring in finely divided forms and as concretions.