IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osmund
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992UT009007
  • User Pedon ID: 92UT009007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT009007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0359
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64598
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 40.9108315
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9597244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet W and 1700 feet S of the SE 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.D., R.G., R.L.
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Osmund
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Pachic Cryoborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    AGSP

    DECE

    POSE

    POTEN

    Agropyron spicatum

    Deschampsia cespitosa

    Poa secunda

    Potentilla

    tufted hairgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

    cinquefoil

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—76

    —-

    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

    4

    46

    2774

    225

    203

    7.8

    8.9

    6.1

    7.2

    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; gravelly sandy loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02197; moist when described;
    A2—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02198; moist when described;
    Bw1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02199; moist when described;
    Bw2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02200; moist when described;
    C1—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02201; moist when described;
    C2—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 2 percent clay; massive parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02202; moist when described;
    C3—107 to 160 centimeters (42.1 to 63.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 92P02203; moist when described;