IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiko Springs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT001006
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42977
  • 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: 38.5327797
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7586136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 21
  • 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 #: 6
  • 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
    • 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

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    1615

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    45

    152

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium, and thin platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fine and medium interstitial and 21.0 coarse and vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00488
    A12—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00489
    B21—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00490. secondary carbonates as thin coating on underside of pebbles.
    B22—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00491. thin coatings of secondary carbonates on underside of pebbles.
    B23—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00492. secondary carbonates as thin coatings on underside of pebbles.
    C1ca—71 to 114 centimeters (28.0 to 44.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate coats; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00493. secondary carbonates disseminated.
    C2—114 to 183 centimeters (44.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 68C00494. common rodent krotovina; secondary carbonate coating on pebbles.