IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WY037007
  • User Pedon ID: 81WY037007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981WY037007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0816
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50210
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.5897217
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1013870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 104W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet west and 200 feet north of southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 1 mile southwest of Rock Springs Airport.
  • 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jansley
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed (calcareous), frigid, shallow Typic T
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/1981 (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

    ATCO

    CHVIL4

    ELEL5

    HAGL

    PICRO

    STANL

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus

    Elymus elymoides

    Halogeton glomeratus

    Picrothamnus

    Stanleya

    shadscale saltbush

    yellow rabbitbrush

    squirreltail

    saltlover

    bud sagebrush

    princesplume

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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

    33

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    1966

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    8

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    95

    6

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04867
    Csc1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04868
    C2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; extremely gravelly loam; massive; soft, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04869
    Cr3—33 to 68 centimeters (13.0 to 26.8 inches); bedrock; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04870
    Cr4—68 to 80 centimeters (26.8 to 31.5 inches);, gray (10YR 6/1), dry; bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 81P04871