IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Collins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966WY019010
  • User Pedon ID: S1966WY019010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966WY019010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38243
  • 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: 43.8383331
  • Std. Longitude: -106.6541672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 82W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of SE1/4
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY019—Johnson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harold Bindschadler
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Collins
  • PSC - 10 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1966
  • 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: 6/23/1966 (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

    ARFR4

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    GUSA2

    KOMA

    NAVI4

    Artemisia frigida

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Koeleria macrantha

    Nassella viridula

    prairie sagewort

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

    broom snakeweed

    prairie Junegrass

    green needlegrass

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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

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    1554

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    305

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    11.1

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24345. Few fine gravels scattered throughout.
    B1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A24346. Few fine gravels throughout.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188120; patchy - phpvsfiid 188120
    B21t—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24347. Continuous glossy coatings and organic stains on all faces of peds; few fine gravels scattered throughout.; continuous - phpvsfiid 188121; continuous - phpvsfiid 188121
    B22t—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24348. Few scattered gravels throughout.
    B3ca—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24349. Few fine gravels scattered throughout; secondary lime in reticulate form.; patchy - phpvsfiid 188122; patchy - phpvsfiid 188122
    C1ca—64 to 127 centimeters (25.2 to 50.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses and gypsum threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A24350. Few fine scattered gravels throughout; soft rounded masses threads and seams of secondary lime.
    C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A24351. Few fine gravels scattered throughout.