IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WY037002
  • User Pedon ID: 81WY037002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981WY037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0812
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50206
  • 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: 42.0519447
  • Std. Longitude: -107.9019470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 93W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: about in the center
  • Location Description: About 26 miles north of Wamsutter.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Ravenholt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Battlespring
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplargid
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or residuum
  • Landform: upland plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1981 (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

    ACHY

    ARAR8

    CHVI8

    ELMA7

    HECOC8

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

    Elymus macrourus

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Indian ricegrass

    little sagebrush

    yellow rabbitbrush

    tufted wheatgrass

    needle and thread

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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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    2024

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    7

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    95

    6

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04838
    B1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04839
    Bt2—10 to 24 centimeters (3.9 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse platy, and weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04840
    Bt3—24 to 43 centimeters (9.4 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04841
    Cac1—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04842
    Cac2—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04843
    Cac3—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 81P04844
    C4—180 to 240 centimeters (70.9 to 94.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; massive; soft, very friable, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 81P04845
    C5—240 to 300 centimeters (94.5 to 118.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/1), dry; loamy sand; weakly coherent; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 81P04846