IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dera
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981UT045001
  • User Pedon ID: 81UT045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0603
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49447
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.0400009
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8047256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2580 feet E and 1700 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT045—Tooele

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dera
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic Typic Calciorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1678

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and strong fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03579. few very fine roots; few fine roots
    1B2—5 to 22 centimeters (2.0 to 8.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; gravelly silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03580. many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    1B3ca—22 to 29 centimeters (8.7 to 11.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03581. few very fine roots; common fine roots
    1C1ca—29 to 34 centimeters (11.4 to 13.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; very gravelly loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03582. few very fine and fine roots
    1C2ca—34 to 54 centimeters (13.4 to 21.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03583. few very fine roots
    1C3ca—54 to 71 centimeters (21.3 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03584
    1C4ca—71 to 82 centimeters (28.0 to 32.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03585
    1C5ca—82 to 87 centimeters (32.3 to 34.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03586
    1C6—87 to 100 centimeters (34.3 to 39.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; extremely gravelly loamy sand; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P03587