IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pinepoint

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2014UT0531053

User Pedon ID: 2014UT0531053

Vegetation Plot ID: 2014UT0531053

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 10N0509

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28308

User Project ID: 87411

Project Name: Zion National Park, Utah

Print Date: 11/21/2024

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: 37.3574050

Std. Longitude: -113.1204954

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Zion NP, westside, just northwest of Firepit Knoll, near the NRCS Cave Valley SCAN site.

State: Utah

County: UT053—Washington

MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT690—Zion National Park, Utah

PEDON

Describers Name: Keith Crossland

Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic, coated Ustic Quartzipsamments

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 2

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Navajo sandstone

Landscape: canyonlands

Landform: structural bench

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: somewhat excessively

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified

Geology: Navajo Sandstone formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R035XY324UT	Upland Sand (Utah Juniper-Pinyon)

Vegplot Text Note(s): data collected on 10/20/2015; data represents Pedon Waypoints 2014UT0531_051-057; few scattered Rocky Mountain juniper present; hairy false goldenaster very dense; dense chokecherry community occurs between Waypoints 055-056; old grazing evidence by cattle is present; estimates average for entire transect; very large and mature QUGA community is the dominant overstory component

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 5/20/2014 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Keith Crossland

Hydrology Status: unaltered

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
JUSC2 AMUT ARPA6 ARTRV ERNA10 OPPO PRVI PUTR2 QUGA RHTR ACHY BOGR2 BRTE ELEL5 HECO26 SPCR 2FP BRASS2 CASTI2 HEVI4 LUPIN OEPA PENST SOLID SPHAE TARAX VETH	Juniperus scopulorum Amelanchier utahensis Arctostaphylos patula Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana Ericameria nauseosa Opuntia polyacantha Prunus virginiana Purshia tridentata Quercus gambelii Rhus trilobata Achnatherum hymenoides Bouteloua gracilis Bromus tectorum Elymus elymoides Hesperostipa comata Sporobolus cryptandrus — Brassica Castilleja Heterotheca villosa Lupinus Oenothera pallida Penstemon Solidago Sphaeralcea Taraxacum Verbascum thapsus	Rocky Mountain juniper Utah serviceberry greenleaf manzanita mountain big sagebrush rubber rabbitbrush plains pricklypear chokecherry antelope bitterbrush Gambel oak skunkbush sumac Indian ricegrass blue grama cheatgrass squirreltail needle and thread sand dropseed Forb, perennial mustard Indian paintbrush hairy false goldenaster lupine pale evening primrose beardtongue goldenrod globemallow dandelion common mullein	tree shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine grass/grasslike grass/grasslike grass/grasslike grass/grasslike grass/grasslike grass/grasslike forb forb forb forb forb forb forb forb forb forb forb	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
—	—	—-

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
6	—	—	1918	—	180	381	—	140	10.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2161	Cave Valley	SCAN

A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; 94 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02099

C1—11 to 49 centimeters (4.3 to 19.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sand; 93 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02100

C2—49 to 77 centimeters (19.3 to 30.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; 92 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N02101

C3—77 to 153 centimeters (30.3 to 60.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; 94 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 3 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # 10N02102