LOCATION NODEN WY+CO
Established Series
Rev. PSD-MCS-KLS
05/2023
NODEN SERIES
The Noden series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in slope alluvium over residuum weathered from fine-grained sandstone and occasionally in slide deposits. They occur on dissected fan aprons, terraces, pediments, and rotational slides. Slopes are 0 to 20 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 360 mm and the mean annual air temperature is about 8 degrees C.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Noden fine sandy loam-rangeland. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 13 cm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; moderate medium and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and nonplastic; common fine and very fine roots; neutral (pH 7.2); clear smooth boundary. (10 to 18 cm thick)
BA--13 to 23 cm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam, dark brown (10YR 3/3) moist; moderate medium and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and nonplastic; common fine and very fine roots; neutral (pH 7.3); clear smooth boundary. (0 to 15 cm thick)
Bt--23 to 41 cm; brown (10YR 5/3) sandy clay loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; strong medium and fine prismatic structure parting to strong medium and fine subangular blocky; very hard, firm, sticky and slightly plastic; common fine roots along ped faces; many prominent clay films on faces of peds; neutral (pH 7.2); clear smooth boundary. (15 to 42 cm thick)
BC--41 to 51 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3) moist; moderate medium and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and nonplastic; slightly alkaline (pH 7.5); gradual wavy boundary. (8 to 25 cm thick)
C--51 to 152 cm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3) moist; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and nonplastic; slightly alkaline (pH 7.6).
TYPE LOCATION: Goshen County, Wyoming; 440 meters west and 805 meters south of the NE corner of sec. 5, T. 30 N., R. 62 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture - usually dry, but moist for more than 40 cumulative days between May 15 and July 15 in most years
Mean annual soil temperature - 8 to 12 degrees C
Mollic epipedon thickness - 18 to 40 cm
Depth to bedrock - typically more than 152 cm, but can range to 100 cm on upper pediment slopes
These soils are noncalcareous throughout.
Particle-size control section:
Clay content - 18 to 35 percent
Sand content - more than 15 but less than 35 percent fine or coarser sand
Rock fragment content - typically absent, but may have 0 to 10 percent angular gravel
A horizon
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 3 through 5 dry, 2 or 3 moist
Texture: fine sandy loam and loam
Chroma: 2 or 3
Reaction: pH 6.1 to 7.8
Bt horizon
Hue: 2.5Y through 7.5YR
Value: 4 through 6 dry, 2 through 4 moist
Chroma: 2 through 4
Texture: sandy clay loam or clay loam
Reaction: pH 6.1 to 7.8
BC horizon
Hue: 2.5Y through 7.5YR
Value: 4 through 6 dry, 2 through 4 moist
Chroma: 2 through 4
Texture: clay loam, loam and sandy loam
Reaction: pH 6.1 to 7.8
C horizon
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 4 through 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 2 through 4
Texture: sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or clay loam.
Reaction: pH 6.6 to 7.8
COMPETING SERIES:
Ascalon (CO) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Belfon (KS) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Bresser (CO) - have more than 35 percent fine or coarser sand in the Bt horizon
Cedak (WY) - are moderately deep to paralithic contact
Charkiln (NV) - thickness of mollic epipedon is more than 36 cm
Corralgulch (CO) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Critchell (CO) - contain 10 to 35 percent rock fragments in the Bt horizon
Dagflat (UT) - are moderately deep to lithic contact
Datil (NM) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Featherlegs (NM) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Forgan (OK) - have a lithologic discontinuity; formed in eolian sediments
Hargreave (WY) - are moderately deep to paralithic contact
Harlan (WY) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate; have hue redder than 7.5YR
Hemingford (NE) - are deep to paralithic contact
Hiarc (NM) - are moderately deep to lithic contact; formed in volcanic sediments
Kirtley (WY) - are moderately deep to paralithic contact
Lavate (UT) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Loarc (NM) - contain 10 to 35 percent rock fragments in the Bt horizon
Moskee (WY) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Palmer Canyon (WY) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Recluse (WY) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Satanta (KS) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Shalona (CO) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Sitcan (CO) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Sugardee (WY) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Wages (CO) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
Wolf (WY) - have an accumulation of secondary calcium carbonate
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape - dissected fan aprons, terraces, pediments and rotational slides
Elevation - 1,050 to 1,700 meters in Wyoming and up to 2,125 meters in Colorado
Slope - 0 to 20 percent
Parent material - slope alluvium over residuum derived from noncalcareous fine-grained sandstone and slide deposits where slides occur
Mean annual air temperature - 7 to 9 degrees C
Mean annual precipitation - 305 to 480 mm
Precipitation pattern - about half the annual precipitation falls as snow or rain in April, May, and early June
Frost-free period - 110 to 135 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: None listed.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; slow to medium runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Noden soils are used for rangeland, wildlife habitat and limited cropland. Native vegetation consists of western wheatgrass, blue grama, needleandthread, and big sagebrush.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Noden soils are moderately extensive in southeastern and north central Wyoming and Colorado; MLRAs 49, 58B, 64 and 67A.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Bozeman, Montana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Goshen County (Northern Part), Wyoming; 1974.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Mollic epipedon - 0 to 23 cm (A and BA horizons)
Argillic horizon - 23 to 41 cm (Bt horizon)
Particle-size control section - 23 to 41 cm (Bt horizon)
Noden soils are in a mesic soil temperature regime and an ustic soil moisture regime bordering on aridic.
Converted to metric, formatting updated to current standards, and competing series section updated. 05/2020
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.