IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rizno
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992UT017102C
  • User Pedon ID: 92UT017102C
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT017102C
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0880
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65120
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024
  • 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: 37.9761124
  • Std. Longitude: -110.1699982
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 10 miles E/NE of Hite Marina.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT017—Garfield
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT631—Henry Mountains Area, Utah, Parts of Garfield, Kane, and Wayne Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37110-H2—Bowdie Canyon West, Utah
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous (calcareous), mesic Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 102
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rizno
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous (calcareous), mesic Ustic Torriorthents
  • PSC - 0 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: mesa
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bk

    Bk

    0

    0

    3

    3

    10

    10

    18

    18

    3

    10

    18

    30

    35

    30

    20

    20

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bk

    Bk

    0

    0

    3

    3

    10

    10

    18

    18

    3

    10

    18

    30

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bk

    Bk

    0

    0

    3

    3

    10

    10

    18

    18

    3

    10

    18

    30

    4

    4

    4

    4

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CORA

    JUOS

    Coleogyne ramosissima

    Juniperus osteosperma

    blackbrush

    Utah juniper

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—10

    —-

    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

    3

    2

    1628

    315

    254

    8.3

    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 81 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05465
    Bw1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 71 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 9 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05466
    Bw2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 11 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary.
    R—30 centimeters (11.8 inches); fragments.