IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964WY015009
  • User Pedon ID: S1964WY015009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1964WY015009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38263
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 41.8763618
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0741730
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 60W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4. SE1/4
  • 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 #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • PSC - 13 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/1964 (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

    BOGR2

    KOMA

    PASM

    POSE

    POSE

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    blue grama

    prairie Junegrass

    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

    1

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    135

    381

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    9.4

    20.6

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24490
    B2t—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24491. patchy - phpvsfiid 188080; patchy - phpvsfiid 188080
    B3—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24492. patchy - phpvsfiid 188081; patchy - phpvsfiid 188081
    C1ca—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; carbonate masses and carbonate threads; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24493. Secondary calcium carbonates occur as mycelia and as coatings on sand grains and soil peds.
    C2ca—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24494. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C3ca—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24495. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    C4ca—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; gypsum threads and spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24496. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and in thin seams and streaks.
    IIC5ca—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24497. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and as coatings on sand grains.
    IIC6ca—175 to 297 centimeters (68.9 to 116.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24498. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and as coating on sand grains.
    IIC7ca—297 to 419 centimeters (116.9 to 165.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24499. Secondary calcium carbonate occurs as soft rounded masses and as coatings on sand grains.