IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shalako
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992UT037108B
  • User Pedon ID: 92UT037108B
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT037108B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0756
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64995
  • 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: 38.3211670
  • Std. Longitude: -109.3327789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28S
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT037—San Juan
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT633—Canyonlands Area, Utah - Parts of Grand and San Juan Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38109-C3—La Sal West, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Sasser
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 108
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shalako
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed Lithic Ustollic Calciorthids
  • PSC - 0 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1992 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    JUOS

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Utah juniper

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—8

    43—64

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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

    34

    1

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    1939

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    135

    330

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    7.8

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    8.9

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04607
    Litter—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04610
    Bw—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; gravelly loam; 50 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04608
    Bk—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; cobbly sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04609
    R—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); fragments.