IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiko Springs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966UT027004
  • User Pedon ID: S1966UT027004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966UT027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0956
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34015
  • 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: 38.6163902
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8766632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 132 feet south and 100 feet east of the NW 1/4, corner
  • Location Description: Southeast corner Desert Range Experiment Station, (UT 1-66A).
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiko Springs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: bajada
  • Runoff: negligible
  • 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
    • 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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    1935

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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; moderate thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and 0.5 vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07199
    B2—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak angular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 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 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07200. pebbles coated with secondary carbonates on underside.
    C1ca—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 21 percent carbonate concretions; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07201. secondary carbonates as coatings and as pendents on undersides of pebbles; many carbonate concretions.
    C2ca—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loam; massive; extremely 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; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07202. secondary carbonates as coatings on pebbles.
    C3ca—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; gravelly loam; massive; very 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; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07203. secondary carbonates as coatings on gravel and as pendents on undersides.
    C4—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07204. secondary carbonates as pendents on underside of pebbles.