IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Granile Family
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986UT031002
  • User Pedon ID: 86UT031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986UT031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0969
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59263
  • 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: 38.2666664
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3333359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SW/SW
  • Location Description: Below Big Flat.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT031—Piute
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Granile Family
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryoboralfs
  • PSC - 25 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • 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
  • 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: 6/1/1986 (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

    ABLA

    PIEN

    POTR

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Picea engelmannii

    Poa tracyi

    subalpine fir

    Engelmann spruce

    Tracy's bluegrass

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

    argillic horizon

    25—127

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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

    7

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    2954

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    315

    787

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    1

    11

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    6

    11

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 86P05800. Intermediately decomposed aspen and conifer litter.
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; gravelly loam; weak coarse platy, and strong medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 medium and coarse roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05801. many fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    A2—11 to 28 centimeters (4.3 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; cobbly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05802. few fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Bt1—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05803. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231794; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231794
    Bt2—39 to 56 centimeters (15.4 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; very gravelly clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05804. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; few medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 231795; continuous - phpvsfiid 231795
    Bt3—56 to 87 centimeters (22.0 to 34.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent prominent 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; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05805. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 231796; continuous - phpvsfiid 231796
    Bt4—87 to 130 centimeters (34.3 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; very cobbly clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 86P05806. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 231797; continuous - phpvsfiid 231797