IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Owlcreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016WY035005
  • User Pedon ID: S2016WY035005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N2002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87614
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Map Unit: 355—Mulgon-Gralic families complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY035—Sublette
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-PIN—Pinedale, Wyoming
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY663—Bridger National Forest, Wyoming, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Cumella, G. Fancher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Typic Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Owlcreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Typic Argicryolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2016
  • Classifier - k. Cumella, G. Fancher
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium over alluvium
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain base mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainbase
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: KH127 - Abies lasiocarpa/Berberis repens h.t.—SSR4: Grassland & Shrubland HT of Shoshone NF-INT-GTR-144

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—92

    —18—

    —74—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    2588

    —

    110

    547

    547

    25

    0.8

    —

    —

    1.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 40 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and many medium roots and many fine roots; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular and many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N09224; moderately dry when described;
    Bt1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 40 percent sand; 19 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular and many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 3 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N09225; moderately dry when described;
    Bt2—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, dry; gravelly loam; 40 percent sand; 22 percent clay; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; many very fine moderate-continuity irregular and many fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 12 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N09226; slightly moist when described;
    Bt3—48 to 92 centimeters (18.9 to 36.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior gravelly sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 23 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N09227; moderately moist when described;
    C—92 to 162 centimeters (36.2 to 63.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-163-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N09228; very moist when described;