IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Duchesne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992UT009003
  • User Pedon ID: 92UT009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0355
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64594
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.8583336
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9944458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet E and 800 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT009—Daggett
  • MLRA: 47—Wasatch and Uinta Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT648—Ashley National Forest Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Dallin, R. Lewis
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duchesne
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryoboralfs
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/25/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: kame
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/25/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    JUCO6

    PICO

    Juniperus communis

    Pinus contorta

    common juniper

    lodgepole pine

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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    10—61

    61—112

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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

    20

    30

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    3011

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    45

    254

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    5

    8.9

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    6.1

    7.8

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02175; moist when described;
    E1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02176; moist when described;
    E2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02177; moist when described;
    Bt1—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02178; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 177450; patchy - phpvsfiid 177450
    Bt2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02179; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 177451; continuous - phpvsfiid 177451
    Bt3—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 92P02180; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 177452; continuous - phpvsfiid 177452