IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WY037001
  • User Pedon ID: 81WY037001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981WY037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0811
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50205
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 41.6458321
  • Std. Longitude: -108.0252762
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 94W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 8 miles SSW of Wamsutter; 30 ft south of jeep trail.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Ravenholt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Ustertic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wamsutter
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Ustert
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1981
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous clayey alluvium and/or silty alluvium and/or calcareous silty lacustrine deposits and/or clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: basin floor
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ATGA

    SARCO

    Atriplex gardneri

    Sarcobatus

    Gardner's saltbush

    greasewood

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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

    1

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    2054

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    7

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    95

    5

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    A1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04835. Horizon composed of vesicular crust.
    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04829
    B1—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium columnar structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04836
    B1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse columnar, and weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04830
    B2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; weak very coarse columnar structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04837
    B2—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse columnar structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04831
    B3—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04832
    C1—66 to 127 centimeters (26.0 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; massive; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04833
    C2—127 to 175 centimeters (50.0 to 68.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; massive; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # 81P04834