IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WY037010
  • User Pedon ID: 81WY037010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981WY037010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0819
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50213
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.9344444
  • Std. Longitude: -108.9416656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 102W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: Northeast corner of southwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 miles south of Steamboat Mtn., 450 ft west of road.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Ravenholt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Ustic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zeona
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Ustic Torripsamment
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: dune
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/1981 (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

    ARTR2

    ERNA10

    HECOC8

    LUPIN

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia tridentata

    Ericameria nauseosa

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Lupinus

    Indian ricegrass

    big sagebrush

    rubber rabbitbrush

    needle and thread

    lupine

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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

    3

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    2164

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    10

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    95

    5

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    C1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04882
    C2—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04883
    C3—16 to 90 centimeters (6.3 to 35.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04884
    C4—90 to 137 centimeters (35.4 to 53.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04885
    2C5—137 to 175 centimeters (53.9 to 68.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # 81P04886