IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tosca

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1992UT009011

User Pedon ID: 92UT009011

Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT009011

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 92P0363

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64602

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 40.9433327

Std. Longitude: -109.9658356

Datum: WGS84

Township: 2N

Range: 17E

Section: 1

PLSS Details: 50 feet S and 1000 feet E 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 #: 11

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Tosca

Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Calciborolls

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 12/12/1992

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 3

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: mountains

Landform: mountainside

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Shape Across: convex

Runoff: high

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 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

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 ERAM6 PHLOX PURSH	Artemisia vaseyana Eriogonum ammophilum Phlox Purshia	— ibex buckwheat phlox bitterbrush	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
calcic horizon	69—152	—-

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
49	30	—	2499	—	315	203	—	—	8.9	12.8	—	7.8	11.1	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02221; moist when described;

A2—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 medium roots; 0.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02222; moist when described;

Bw—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; extremely cobbly loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02223; moist when described;

Bk1—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 14 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02224; moist when described;

Bk2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; extremely cobbly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.0 medium roots; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 92P02225; moist when described;