IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiko Springs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT001005
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT001005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968UT001005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42975
  • 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: 38.5472221
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7586136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: Pine Valley, approximately
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT001—Beaver
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT626—Beaver County, Utah - Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: V. Hugie
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiko Springs
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/22/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/22/1968 (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

    PLEUR12

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Pleuraphis

    Indian ricegrass

    galleta grass

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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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    1615

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    45

    152

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    9.4

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium, and thin platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00401
    A12—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00402
    B21—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00403. secondary carbonates on underside of pebbles.
    B22—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00404. secondary carbonates on underside of pebbles.
    C1ca—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00405. secondary carbonates disseminated and as coatings on pebbles.
    C2ca—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00406. secondary carbonate disseminated and as coatings on pebbles.
    C3—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; Error; massive; loose, loose, weakly cemented; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 68C00407. containing thin lenses of weakly cemented material; secondary carbonates as pendents on underside of pebbles.