IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Suwanee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992UT037143B
  • User Pedon ID: 92UT037143B
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT037143B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0886
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65126
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024
  • 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: 37.9609985
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6238861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT037—San Juan
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT638—San Juan County, Utah, Central Part
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Menard, Leland Sasser
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 143
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Suwanee
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Ustic Torrifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1992 (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

    C1

    C1

    C2

    C2

    C3

    C3

    C4

    C4

    C5

    C5

    C6

    C6

    0

    0

    5

    5

    27

    27

    70

    70

    98

    98

    120

    120

    135

    135

    5

    27

    70

    98

    120

    135

    150

    35

    20

    15

    15

    25

    20

    25

    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

    C1

    C1

    C2

    C2

    C3

    C3

    C4

    C4

    C5

    C5

    C6

    C6

    0

    0

    5

    5

    27

    27

    70

    70

    98

    98

    120

    120

    135

    135

    5

    27

    70

    98

    120

    135

    150

    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

    C1

    C1

    C2

    C2

    C3

    C3

    C4

    C4

    C5

    C5

    C6

    C6

    0

    0

    5

    5

    27

    27

    70

    70

    98

    98

    120

    120

    135

    135

    5

    27

    70

    98

    120

    135

    150

    1

    1

    3

    3

    3

    1

    1

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

    OPUNT

    Opuntia

    pricklypear

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—5

    —-

    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

    3

    1798

    20

    279

    12

    12

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 57 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05486
    C1—5 to 27 centimeters (2.0 to 10.6 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loam; 49 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05487. thin lenses with more organic material than others and sand and gravel
    C2—27 to 70 centimeters (10.6 to 27.6 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 32 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue.
    C3—70 to 98 centimeters (27.6 to 38.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), red (2.5YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; 25 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. augered layer
    C4—98 to 120 centimeters (38.6 to 47.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 19 percent clay; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. augered layer
    C5—120 to 135 centimeters (47.2 to 53.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; 52 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, thymol-blue. augered layer
    C6—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 15 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. augered layer