IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PARKAY FAMILY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982UT003009
  • User Pedon ID: 82UT003009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982UT003009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0769
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51556
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: 2 miles Se of Devils Gate
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT601—Box Elder County, Utah, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Argic Pachic Cryoborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PARKAY FAMILY
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/2003
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: thyolite and quartzite
  • Landform: backslope of mountain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1982 (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

    ARTRV

    SYOR2

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Symphoricarpos oreophilus

    mountain big sagebrush

    mountain snowberry

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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

    22

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    2085

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    90

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03953
    A2—10 to 31 centimeters (3.9 to 12.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03954
    A3—31 to 48 centimeters (12.2 to 18.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 82P03955
    Bt1—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03956
    Bt2—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03957
    Bt3—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 82P03958
    Bt4—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red. Lab sample # 82P03959