IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morset

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1992UT009010

User Pedon ID: 92UT009010

Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT009010

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 92P0362

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64601

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: 40.9300003

Std. Longitude: -109.9433365

Datum: WGS84

Township: 2N

Range: 18E

Section: 6

PLSS Details: 200 feet E and 200 feet N of the 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.D., R.L., R.F.

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 10

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Morset

Taxonomic Class - Mixed Argic Cryoborolls

PSC - 36 to 51 cm.

Classificaton Date - 12/12/1992

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: mountains

Landform: mountainside

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Bedrock: with 10 to <45

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 12/12/1992 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 2

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree 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
ARVA2 JUCO6 POTRT ROWO SYMPH	Artemisia vaseyana Juniperus communis Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides Rosa woodsii Symphoricarpos	— common juniper — Woods' rose snowberry	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon argillic horizon	0—36 36—51	—- —-

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
8	61	—	2682	—	45	254	—	—	6.1	7.2	—	6.1	7.8	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02216; moist when described;

A2—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02217; moist when described;

Bt—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02218; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192578; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192578

Bk1—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; extremely cobbly loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02219; moist when described;

Bk2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; extremely cobbly loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red. Lab sample # 92P02220; moist when described;