IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zagpeed

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2004WY635038

User Pedon ID: S2004WY035001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2004WY635038

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0459

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18280

Print Date: 2/16/2025

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: 42.4663887

Std. Longitude: -109.4733353

Datum: WGS84

Map Unit: 5202—Bluerim-Zagpeed coarse sandy loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes

State: Wyoming

County: WY035—Sublette

MLRA: 34A—Cool Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PIN—Pinedale, Wyoming

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY635—Sublette County Area, Wyoming

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42109-D4—Tabernacle Butte, Wyoming

PEDON

Describers Name: Heather P. Allen

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Ustic Haplargids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Zagpeed

PSC - 4 to 54 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/6/2007

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture Subclass - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone and shale

Landscape: basin

Landform: basin-floor remnant

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 102cm

Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter quartz,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R034AY250WY	Sandy Foothills and Basins West (Sy)

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/2/2004 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: J-6.25

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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ARTRW8 CHVI8 ELELE HECOC8 LEPU OPUNT PASM PHLOX	Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata Leptodactylon pungens Opuntia Pascopyrum smithii Phlox	Wyoming big sagebrush yellow rabbitbrush squirreltail needle and thread granite prickly phlox pricklypear western wheatgrass phlox	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	weakly coherent	102 - 102	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact	0—4 4—102 102—102	—4— —98— —-

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	—	—	2146	—	40	279	—	45	2.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate very thick platy parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02630; observed in trench

Bt1—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 1.0 medium dendritic tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02631; observed in trench

Bt2—12 to 28 centimeters (4.7 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 25 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02632; observed in trench

Bt3—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02633; observed in trench

Bt4—36 to 73 centimeters (14.2 to 28.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; sandy clay loam; 63 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02634; observed in trench

Btk—73 to 102 centimeters (28.7 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay bridges on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 4 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent extremely coarse irregular carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 4 percent very coarse irregular carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02635; observed in trench

Cr—102 to 102 centimeters (40.2 to 40.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, moist; loamy coarse sand, bedrock; 84 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 6 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to single grain, and moderate fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots between peds and 1.0 fine roots between peds and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 4 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent extremely coarse irregular carbonate masses with clear boundaries lining pores and 4 percent very coarse irregular carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 05N02636; observed in trench