IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WY037005
  • User Pedon ID: 81WY037005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981WY037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0814
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50208
  • 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: 41.5369453
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9355545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 111W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet east and 1300 feet north of southwest corner
  • Location Description: 100 ft south of dune and 500 ft west of hwy. About 4 miles west of Little America.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Ravenholt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, montmorillonitic, frigid, shallow Typic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Youjay
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, montmorillonitic, frigid, shallow Typic Na
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1981
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landform: upland plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1981 (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

    ATGA

    ELEL5

    KOAM

    LEPTO2

    PICRO

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex gardneri

    Elymus elymoides

    Kochia americana

    Leptodactylon

    Picrothamnus

    Indian ricegrass

    Gardner's saltbush

    squirreltail

    green molly

    pricklyphlox

    bud sagebrush

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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

    2

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    1936

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    8

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    95

    6

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    A2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04857
    Bt21—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium columnar structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04858
    Bt22—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse columnar, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; thin clay films on surfaces along pores and thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04859. continuous - phpvsfiid 276607; continuous - phpvsfiid 276608; continuous - phpvsfiid 276607; continuous - phpvsfiid 276608
    Bt23—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04860
    C1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak thin platy structure; slightly hard; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04861
    C2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); silty clay loam; 0.5 roots in cracks; fragments. Lab sample # 81P04862. Slaked in a wet-dry overnight test.