IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Batterson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992UT037150B
  • User Pedon ID: 92UT037150B
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT037150B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0890
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65130
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.4700012
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6520004
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38S
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet S and 2350 feet E of the NW corner
  • 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 and Leland Sasser
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 150
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Batterson
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Lithic Ustic Torriorthents
  • PSC - 0 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: bench
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1992 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    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

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    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 %

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

    BOGR2

    JUOS

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Juniperus osteosperma

    blue grama

    Utah juniper

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—5

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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

    15

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    1652

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    305

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loamy fine sand; 77 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P05494
    C—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P05495
    R—30 centimeters (11.8 inches); fragments.