IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chrisman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976WY037005
  • User Pedon ID: S1976WY037005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976WY037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39458
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.6160622
  • Std. Longitude: -108.7126541
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 100W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet east and 300 feet south of northwest corner
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.B. Ravenholt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chrisman
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Typic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: basin floor
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1976 (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

    ATGA

    ELEL5

    SARCO

    Atriplex gardneri

    Elymus elymoides

    Sarcobatus

    Gardner's saltbush

    squirreltail

    greasewood

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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

    1

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    1981

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    8

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    90

    6

    18

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak very fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29233
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium granular, and weak thin platy structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29234
    C1—18 to 45 centimeters (7.1 to 17.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay; weak very fine angular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29235
    C2—45 to 83 centimeters (17.7 to 32.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay; weak very fine angular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29236
    C3—83 to 114 centimeters (32.7 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29237
    C4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A29238