IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bickmore Family
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986UT001003
  • User Pedon ID: 86UT001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986UT001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0970
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59264
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 38.2833328
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3666687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW/NW
  • Location Description: Big Flat.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT001—Beaver
  • MLRA: 47—Wasatch and Uinta Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John T. Lott, Hal K. Swenson, Jed A. Heap
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bickmore Family
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Argic Pachic Cryoborolls
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: plain
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    FEOV

    PHLEU

    Festuca ovina

    Phleum

    sheep fescue

    timothy

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    38—152

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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

    5

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    3109

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    315

    89

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    0

    10

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    3

    8

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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05807. many fine roots; few medium roots
    1A2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05808. many fine roots
    1AB—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05809. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231798; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231798
    1Bt1—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium and coarse tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05810. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 231799; continuous - phpvsfiid 231799
    1Bt2—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium and coarse tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 86P05811. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 231800; continuous - phpvsfiid 231800