IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiko Springs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966UT027003
  • User Pedon ID: S1966UT027003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0955
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34014
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 38.6161118
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8763885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 363 feet south and 181 feet east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Southwest corner Desert Range Experiment Station. (UT 2-66A).
  • 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiko Springs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1935

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    152

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    10

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); 10YR 4/ (10YR 4/),, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07192
    B21—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07193. secondary carbonate coating on underside of pebbles.
    B22—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07194. secondary carbonate coating on underside of pebbles.
    C1ca—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07195. compact and moderately cemented with carbonate but not indurated; appears to restrict root penetration; secondary carbonate coating on pebbles and pendents on undersides.
    C2ca—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak thick platy structure; 0.1 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07196
    C3ca—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; stratified sandy loam to very gravelly loamy sand; massive; very hard, firm, moderately coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07197. contains moderately cemented lenses 2 to 3 inches thick.
    C4—117 to 175 centimeters (46.1 to 68.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; stratified sandy loam to gravelly sand; moderately coherent; 5.0 roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07198. contains moderately cemented lenses 2 to 4 inches thick; secondary carbonate as pendents on underside of pebbles.