IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wayneco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95UT015002
  • User Pedon ID: 95UT015002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 95UT015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • 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: 38.8539028
  • Std. Longitude: -110.9113528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S.
  • Range: 9E.
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet west and 800 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: above Justensen Flats
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT015—Emery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT625—Emery County, Utah, Eastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38110-G8—Copper Globe, Utah
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sasser, Leland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic Lithic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits derived from limestone and sandstone over residuum weathered from limestone and sandstone
  • Landform: edge of coppice dune on cuesta
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone and sandstone at 45cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Sasser, Leland
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIED

    JUOS

    ACHY

    PLJA

    BOGR2

    ARIST

    HECO26

    EPHED

    OPUNT

    ASTER

    CHRYS9

    Pinus edulis

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Aristida

    Hesperostipa comata

    Ephedra

    Opuntia

    Aster

    Chrysothamnus

    twoneedle pinyon

    Utah juniper

    Indian ricegrass

    James' galleta

    blue grama

    threeawn

    needle and thread

    jointfir

    pricklypear

    aster

    rabbitbrush

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    49 -

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

    calcic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    lithic contact

    0—9

    49—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    5

    2164.1

    315

    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—1 to 9 centimeters (0.4 to 3.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots and common coarse roots; 2 percent by volume indurated 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw—9 to 16 centimeters (3.5 to 6.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots and common coarse roots; 2 percent by volume indurated 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk1—16 to 29 centimeters (6.3 to 11.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; 2 percent by volume indurated 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk2—29 to 44 centimeters (11.4 to 17.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and few medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; 5 percent by volume indurated 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk3—44 to 49 centimeters (17.3 to 19.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and common medium roots and few fine roots and common coarse roots; 10 percent by volume flat indurated 2-76-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume indurated 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt smooth boundary.
    R—49 centimeters (19.3 inches); bedrock; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots top of horizon and many medium roots top of horizon and few fine roots top of horizon and many coarse roots top of horizon; fragments.