IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976WY037001
  • User Pedon ID: S1976WY037001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976WY037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3801
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39457
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • 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: 41.6738358
  • Std. Longitude: -108.7295990
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 100W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet east and 400 feet south of Northwest corner
  • State: Wyoming
  • County: WY037—Sweetwater

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Gustafson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), frigid Typic Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), frigid Typic Torrifluvents
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • 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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    1996

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    8

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    90

    6

    18

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29204
    A12—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29205
    B2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29206
    C1—25 to 580 centimeters (9.8 to 228.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29207
    C2—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses and 10 percent threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29208
    C3—75 to 114 centimeters (29.5 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent threadlike gypsum masses and 10 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A29209
    C4—114 to 133 centimeters (44.9 to 52.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A29210
    C5—133 to 165 centimeters (52.4 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent threadlike gypsum masses and 30 percent threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 40A29211