IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ABSTED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977WY005009
  • User Pedon ID: S1977WY005009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977WY005009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3817
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39470
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 44.0888901
  • Std. Longitude: -105.4222260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 71W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY005—Campbell
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY605—Campbell County, Wyoming, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Stephens and Gerald Gavette
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ABSTED
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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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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    1372

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    330

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    10.6

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29311; dry when described;
    A2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29312; dry when described;
    B2T—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; strong fine and medium columnar parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; 7.69999981 Cresol red; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29313; dry when described;
    B3TCA—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; 7.80000019 Cresol red; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29314; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 200237; patchy - phpvsfiid 200237
    C1CA—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 medium roots; fragments; 7.80000019 Cresol red; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29315; dry when described;
    C2CA—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; 7.80000019 Cresol red; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29316; dry when described;
    C3CA—109 to 165 centimeters (42.9 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A29317; moist when described;