IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rock River
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982WY013006
  • User Pedon ID: 82WY013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0680
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51467
  • 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: 42.5094452
  • Std. Longitude: -107.8377762
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 92W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 213 meters N and 244 meters W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Fremont County, WY.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY013—Fremont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Jelden and C.H Paris
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Borollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rock River
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rock River
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Borollic Haplargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    1A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03575. many fine roots; common medium roots
    1A2—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; loamy sand; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03576. common fine roots; common medium roots
    1Bt—13 to 39 centimeters (5.1 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03577. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots
    1Bk1—39 to 77 centimeters (15.4 to 30.3 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 30 percent medium and coarse carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03578. many medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine and medium roots
    1Bk2—77 to 125 centimeters (30.3 to 49.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03579. Common thin coatings of carbonates on undersides of coarse fragments and common large seams of carbonates.; few fine and medium roots
    1C—125 to 160 centimeters (49.2 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03580. few fine and medium roots
    2C—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; very gravelly sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P03581. Pebbles 2 mm to 190 mm diameter and 190 mm to 762 mm in diameter.; few fine and medium roots