IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): typic haplocryepts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11WY665001
  • User Pedon ID: S11WY039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N8291
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47543
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 44.1334152
  • Std. Longitude: -110.6688919
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 115W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: located approximately 65 ft. north and 2230 ft. west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Located approximately 21 miles NNW of Moran. Located at the snake river snotel site.
  • County: WY047—Yellowstone National Park
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WY665—Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kevin Godsey & Jason Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Haplocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - typic haplocryepts
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Haplocryepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from granite
  • Landform: outwash terrace, valley
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—16

    16—50

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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

    0

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    2114

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    Snake River

    SNOTEL
    A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; 4 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; observed in trench
    Bw—16 to 50 centimeters (6.3 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-25-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.; observed in trench
    C1—50 to 125 centimeters (19.7 to 49.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; very gravelly coarse sand; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 fine interstitial pores; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 28 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-25-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear boundary.; observed in trench
    C2—125 to 200 centimeters (49.2 to 78.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face very gravelly coarse sand; 2 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-400-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-25-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; observed in trench