IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Redbank
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992UT037158C
  • User Pedon ID: 92UT037158C
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT037158C
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P1015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65254
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024
  • 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: 38.0919991
  • Std. Longitude: -109.8880005
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Buttler Wash, S of Buttler Flat and 2/3 mi SSW of Horsehoof Arch.
  • 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-A8—Cross Canyon, Utah
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MAW, RAF
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 158
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Redbank
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Ustic Torrifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1992
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1992 (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

    0

    0

    5

    5

    20

    20

    38

    38

    50

    50

    5

    20

    38

    50

    150

    30

    30

    20

    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

    C1

    C1

    C2

    C2

    C3

    C3

    C4

    C4

    0

    0

    5

    5

    20

    20

    38

    38

    50

    50

    5

    20

    38

    50

    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

    0

    0

    5

    5

    20

    20

    38

    38

    50

    50

    5

    20

    38

    50

    150

    5

    5

    5

    5

    5

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

    ACHY

    SPCR

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Indian ricegrass

    sand dropseed

    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

    15

    2

    1655

    180

    254

    11

    11

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; sand; 90 percent sand; 10 percent silt; weak thick platy, and single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; 0 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06325
    C1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; very gravelly sand; 90 percent sand; 10 percent silt; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 0 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06326
    C2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loamy sand; 83 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 0 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.
    C3—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); pink (5YR 7/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; loamy sand; 83 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 0 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 0 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C4—50 to 150 centimeters (19.7 to 59.1 inches); 83 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue.