IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monticello
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S07UT037001
  • User Pedon ID: S07UT037001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S07UT037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0493
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19136
  • 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: 37.7786102
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1719437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT037—San Juan
  • MLRA: 37—San Juan River Valley Mesas and Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monticello
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over sandstone and/or siltstone
  • Landform: plateau
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/2007 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    BRIN2

    BRTE

    CIRSI

    SALSO

    Bromus inermis

    Bromus tectorum

    Cirsium

    Salsola

    smooth brome

    cheatgrass

    thistle

    Russian thistle

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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

    8

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    2084

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    135

    381

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    2130

    Eastland

    SCAN
    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03205
    Bt1—15 to 21 centimeters (5.9 to 8.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 8 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03206
    Bt2—21 to 45 centimeters (8.3 to 17.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03207
    Bt3—45 to 76 centimeters (17.7 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03208
    Bk1—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium irregular carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03209
    Bk2—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 15 percent medium irregular carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03210
    Bk3—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent medium irregular carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03211
    2Btkb—175 to 215 centimeters (68.9 to 84.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; 34 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium irregular carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 07N03212