IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Badwater
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989WY023004
  • User Pedon ID: 89WY023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989WY023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0768
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61867
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 42.7577782
  • Std. Longitude: -110.5497208
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 115W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY023—Lincoln

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Badwater
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Argic Pachic Cryoborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTR

    FEID

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Festuca idahoensis

    Jack in the pulpit

    Idaho fescue

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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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    2553

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    90

    127

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04435. common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04436. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04437. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    B/C—61 to 104 centimeters (24.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few very fine and fine roots
    C—104 to 163 centimeters (40.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. few very fine roots