IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clifsand
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998WY013007
  • User Pedon ID: S1998WY013007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - 007
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0454
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10724
  • 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: 43.1603333
  • Std. Longitude: -108.7533611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 009—Clifsand-Persayo complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY013—Fremont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY647—Wind River Basin Area, Wyoming, Parts of Fremont and Hot Springs Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Randall Staples & Dessa Johnson
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clifsand
  • PSC - 5 to 198 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1998
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: basin
  • Landform: hill
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: F-8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—5

    5—198

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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

    12

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    1657

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    315

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bk1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51735; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51735
    Bk2—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51732; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51732
    Bk3—43 to 73 centimeters (16.9 to 28.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51791; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51791
    Bk4—73 to 98 centimeters (28.7 to 38.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) rubbed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; very cobbly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51697; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51697
    Bk5—98 to 114 centimeters (38.6 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) rubbed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; very cobbly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 51698; continuous - phpvsfiid 51698
    Bk6—114 to 162 centimeters (44.9 to 63.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) rubbed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; very cobbly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51794; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51794
    Bk7—162 to 198 centimeters (63.8 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; gravelly loamy sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51742; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 51742