IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scout Family
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986UT001002
  • User Pedon ID: 86UT001002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986UT001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0968
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59262
  • 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: 38.2999992
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3499985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: SE/NE
  • Location Description: Near Puffer Lake.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT001—Beaver
  • MLRA: 47—Wasatch and Uinta Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hal K. Swenson, Jed A. Heap
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scout Family
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARCTO3

    PIEN

    POTR

    Arctostaphylos

    Picea engelmannii

    Poa tracyi

    manzanita

    Engelmann spruce

    Tracy's bluegrass

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

    cambic horizon

    13—104

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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

    43

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    3048

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    45

    787

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    0

    10

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    3

    8

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 86P05794. Extremely decomposing conifer litter.
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; very gravelly loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05795. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red.; many fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    Bw1—16 to 39 centimeters (6.3 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05796. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red.; common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    Bw2—39 to 69 centimeters (15.4 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P05797. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red.; common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    Bw3—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; very cobbly sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium and coarse tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P05798. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red.; few fine and medium roots
    C—107 to 155 centimeters (42.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, dry; cobbly sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 86P05799. few fine roots