IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dera
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966UT027008
  • User Pedon ID: S1966UT027008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966UT027008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0960
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34019
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.6038895
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7613907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet north and 20 feet east of the southeast corner of exclosure No. 1 paddock 15, SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4.
  • Location Description: Desert Range Experiment Station, (UT 7-66A).
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT027—Millard
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT617—West Millard-Juab Area, Utah, Parts of Millard and Juab Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vern K. Hugie and Klaus W. Flach
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic Typic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dera
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sardo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1966 (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

    ATCO

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Indian ricegrass

    shadscale saltbush

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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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    1600

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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); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and 0.5 coarse vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07223
    B2—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium and coarse 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; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07224. secondary carbonate coatings on underside of pebbles.
    IIC1ca—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07225. secondary carbonate pendents on underside of pebbles.
    IIC2ca—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; weakly coherent by carbonates; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very coarse interstitial pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07226. calcium carbonate pendents on underside of pebbles.
    IIC3—81 to 137 centimeters (31.9 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; stratified gravelly coarse sand to loamy coarse sand; massive; weakly coherent; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very coarse interstitial pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A07227. pendents of secondary carbonates on underside of pebbles; contain compact, weakly carbonate cemented lenses.