IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Castino
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990UT039001
  • User Pedon ID: 90UT039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62970
  • 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: 39.1230202
  • Std. Longitude: -111.4185410
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: E of Ferron Reservoir, W of Little Horse Creek. Note section 25 is east of Little Horse Creek.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Castino
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, mixed Pachic Cryoborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    11

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06377. 5% gravel; 35% clay; few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    A2—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P06378. 8% gravel; 37% clay; few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    A3—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P06379. 20% gravel; 37% clay; rock fragment increases; few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bw1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06380. 30% gravel; 42% clay; few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bw2—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay; massive, and moderate fine subangular blocky; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06381. 35% gravel; 45% clay; few fine roots
    C—112 to 160 centimeters (44.1 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06382. 35% gravel; 45% clay; few fine roots