IDENTIFIERS

  • User Site ID: S13WY035001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012WY035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N96801
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68956
  • 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: 42.6457417
  • Std. Longitude: -109.2598111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 104W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: located approximately 1900 ft. south and 1890 ft. east of the NW corner.
  • Location Description: located at the Big Sandy snotel site approximately 15 ft. south west of the main instrument housing.
  • Map Unit: 7343—Southeast Mountains Moraines, Subalpine Fir Complex
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY035—Sublette
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY662—Bridger National Forest, Wyoming, Eastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42109-F3—Big Sandy Opening, Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dan Mattke
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: technical soil services
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Dan Mattke
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—3

    3—21

    21—50

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    —-

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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

    6

    —

    —

    2779

    —

    15

    584

    —

    27

    1.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    342

    Big Sandy Opening

    SNOTEL
    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout and 0.0 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-400-600 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N09974; observed in pit, small
    Bw—21 to 50 centimeters (8.3 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.0 coarse roots throughout; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-400-600 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N09975; observed in pit, small
    C—50 to 100 centimeters (19.7 to 39.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face, dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 7.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 250-400-600 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 600-800-1000 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 13N09976; observed in pit, small