IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Warridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05WY635001
  • User Pedon ID: S05WY035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 05WY635001
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - GAWBV02
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18270
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025
  • 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: 43.0888901
  • Std. Longitude: -110.0763855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 111W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: located approximately 100 ft. east and 2200 ft. north of the SW corner
  • Location Description: located approximately 13 miles north of Daniel.
  • Map Unit: 3302—Warridge-Morset complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY035—Sublette
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PIN—Pinedale, Wyoming
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY635—Sublette County Area, Wyoming
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43110-A1—Warren Bridge, Wyoming
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pinedale W. Group
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Vertic Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Warridge
  • PSC - 6 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter quartzite, 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 75- to 250-millimeter quartzite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R043BY210WY Dense Clay Foothills and Mountains West
  • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E-21.25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 13
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bt

    Btk

    Btkss1

    Btkss2

    Btkss2

    Btkss3

    Btkss3

    Bky

    Bky

    Bky

    0

    6

    25

    45

    70

    70

    100

    100

    130

    130

    130

    6

    25

    45

    70

    100

    100

    130

    130

    200

    200

    200

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Bt

    Btk

    Btkss1

    Btkss2

    Btkss2

    Btkss3

    Btkss3

    Bky

    Bky

    Bky

    0

    6

    25

    45

    70

    70

    100

    100

    130

    130

    130

    6

    25

    45

    70

    100

    100

    130

    130

    200

    200

    200

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bt

    Btk

    Btkss1

    Btkss2

    Btkss2

    Btkss3

    Btkss3

    Bky

    Bky

    Bky

    0

    6

    25

    45

    70

    70

    100

    100

    130

    130

    130

    6

    25

    45

    70

    100

    100

    130

    130

    200

    200

    200

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    0

    1

    15

    25

    27

    20

    14

    11

    3

    7

    7

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACLE9

    ARAR8

    CHVIL4

    ERIOG

    FEID

    KOMA

    PASM

    PHHO

    POFE

    POSE

    POSE

    PSSP6

    Achnatherum lettermanii

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus

    Eriogonum

    Festuca idahoensis

    Koeleria macrantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Phlox hoodii

    Poa fendleriana

    Poa secunda

    Poa secunda

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Letterman's needlegrass

    little sagebrush

    yellow rabbitbrush

    buckwheat

    Idaho fescue

    prairie Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

    spiny phlox

    muttongrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    bluebunch wheatgrass

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    slickensides

    gypsic horizon

    0—25

    6—130

    25—100

    45—130

    130—200

    —25—

    —124—

    —75—

    —85—

    —70—

    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/14/2005

    50

    7

    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

    2

    2344

    432

    30

    1.1

    2.2

    11.7

    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silty clay; 7 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 46 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt—6 to 25 centimeters (2.4 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dry; clay; 4 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 65 percent clay; strong very coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btk—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; 3 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 59 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btkss1—45 to 70 centimeters (17.7 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; 2 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 61 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btkss2—70 to 100 centimeters (27.6 to 39.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; 2 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 60 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btkss3—100 to 130 centimeters (39.4 to 51.2 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; silty clay; 2 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 54 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bky—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; 3 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 61 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent coarse prominent irregular gypsum masses on faces of peds and 4 percent fine prominent threadlike carbonate masses on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue.; moist when described; observed in trench