IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981WY037008
  • User Pedon ID: 81WY037008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981WY037008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0817
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50211
  • 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: 41.3777771
  • Std. Longitude: -108.8647232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 102W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet east and 1200 feet north of southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 24 miles southeast of Rock Springs.
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Ravenholt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boltus
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, montmorillonitic (calcareous), frigid Typi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale
  • Landform: erosional upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/1981 (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

    ELEL5

    Atriplex gardneri

    Elymus elymoides

    Gardner's saltbush

    squirreltail

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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

    11

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    2146

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    8

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    95

    6

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04872
    B1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; weak coarse columnar, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04873
    B2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; weak coarse columnar structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04874
    Csc1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); silty clay; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume gypsum, rock fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-7 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04875
    C2—28 to 40 centimeters (11.0 to 15.7 inches); black (5Y 2/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; clay; massive; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 81P04876
    Cr3—40 to 80 centimeters (15.7 to 31.5 inches); black (5Y 2/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; clay; massive; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 81P04877
    Cr4—80 to 90 centimeters (31.5 to 35.4 inches); clay; shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 81P04878. Doesn't slake with dry-wet test.