IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WY037003
  • User Pedon ID: 81WY037003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981WY037003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0821
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50215
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.6613884
  • Std. Longitude: -108.6552811
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 100W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet northeast of southwest corner
  • Location Description: 50 ft north of trail. About 6 miles east of Point of Rocks.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Ravenholt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed (calcareous), frigid, shallow Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bittercreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed (calcareous), frigid, shallow Typic T
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale
  • Landform: hilly upland plain
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1981 (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

    ACHY

    ATGA

    ELEL5

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex gardneri

    Elymus elymoides

    Indian ricegrass

    Gardner's saltbush

    squirreltail

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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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    2112

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    8

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    95

    6

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04890
    A12—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04891
    B1—12 to 28 centimeters (4.7 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04892
    B2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04893
    C1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; extremely gravelly loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04894
    Cr2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; bedrock; 0.5 tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on bedrock; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 81P04895
    Cr3—76 to 96 centimeters (29.9 to 37.8 inches); bedrock; soft; fragments. Lab sample # 81P04896