IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dwyer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WY015007
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WY015007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964WY015007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3109
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38238
  • 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: 42.1772232
  • Std. Longitude: -104.5511093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 64W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: Start at the southwest corner of Sec. 33, thence 1,232 feet on northwest angling fence to the intersection of the northeast angling fence, thence 380 feet along northeastern tending fence, thence 248 feet east.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY015—Goshen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arvad J. Cline
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dwyer
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ARTEM

    BOGR2

    PASM

    POSE

    POSE

    Artemisia

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    sagebrush

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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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    270

    381

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A11—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24304
    A12—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24305
    AC—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24306
    C1—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24307
    C2ca—94 to 145 centimeters (37.0 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; carbonate masses and noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions and gypsum threads; 1 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24308. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft concretions and in thin seams and streaks.
    C3ca—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24309. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.