IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluerim

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2004WY635119

User Pedon ID: S2004WY035004

Vegetation Plot ID: S2004WY635119

Transect:

User Transect ID - NFBDV08

Transect Stop Number - 7

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0462

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18283

Print Date: 3/2/2025

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: 42.4683342

Std. Longitude: -109.5669479

Datum: WGS84

Map Unit: 5402—Bluemod-Zagplat-Hoofer complex, 1 to 10 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-D5—Bull Draw, Wyoming

PEDON

Describers Name: Nathan J. Fikkert

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

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 4

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Bluerim

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

PSC - 5 to 55 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/23/2004

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: loamy residuum weathered from shale

Landscape: intermontane basin

Landform: pediment

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderately coherent shale, unspecified at 95cm

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R034AY222WY	Loamy Foothills and Basins West (Ly)

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/23/2004 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: I-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 ERIOG PASM	Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Eriogonum Pascopyrum smithii	Wyoming big sagebrush yellow rabbitbrush buckwheat western wheatgrass	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	moderately coherent	95 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon secondary carbonates paralithic materials paralithic contact	0—5 5—63 63—95 63—95 95—	—5— —58— —32— —32— —-

Site Soil Temperature
Site Obs. Date	Depth	Sensor Kind	Temperature
	cm		C
7/23/2004	50	—	5

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	—	—	2157	—	340	279	—	45	2.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face, moist; loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to fine single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02647; dry when described; observed in trench

Bt—5 to 24 centimeters (2.0 to 9.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02648; dry when described; observed in trench

2Btk—24 to 63 centimeters (9.4 to 24.8 inches); dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) crushed, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) broken face, moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 32 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 medium dendritic tubular pores; 40 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02649; dry when described; observed in trench

2Bk1—63 to 79 centimeters (24.8 to 31.1 inches); gray (N 6/), crushed, greenish black (10GY 2.5/1) broken face, moist; clay loam; 35 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 36 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, slightly sticky, very plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct irregular carbonate masses throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 5-20-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02650; dry when described; observed in trench

2Bk2—79 to 95 centimeters (31.1 to 37.4 inches); gray (N 6/), crushed, dark gray (N 4/), broken face, moist; extremely paragravelly clay loam; 40 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, slightly sticky, very plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 20 percent medium prominent irregular carbonate masses throughout; 60 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02651; dry when described; observed in trench

2Cr—95 centimeters (37.4 inches); bedrock; 1.0 very fine roots in cracks; 10 percent medium prominent irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 05N02652; dry when described; observed in trench