IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiko Springs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966UT027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966UT027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966UT027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0954
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34013
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.6210670
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8580475
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 99 feet south and 12 feet west of the northwest corner of the exclosure, NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Desert Range Experiment Station, exclosure No 3, white-sage-yellowbrush. (UT 5-66B). Published R5S changed to R25S
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT027—Millard
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT632—Delta Area, Utah - Part of Millard County

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vern K. Hugie and Klaus W. Flach
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiko Springs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/2/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ACHY

    ARNO4

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia nova

    Indian ricegrass

    black sagebrush

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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

    2

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    1890

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    45

    152

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    10

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07186
    B2—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07187. secondary carbonates as pendents and coatings on underside of pebbles.
    C1ca—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07188. secondary carbonate coatings on pebbles.
    C2ca—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; gravelly loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07189. secondary carbonate coatings on pebbles.
    C3ca—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07190
    C4—122 to 168 centimeters (48.0 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07191