IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dera
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT027005A
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT027005A
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968UT027005A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42973
  • 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: 38.6444435
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8580551
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet south and 150 feet east, northwest corner
  • Location Description: Antelope Valley.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT027—Millard
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT632—Delta Area, Utah - Part of Millard County

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vern Hugie
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dera
  • 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

    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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    1859

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    0

    152

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    9.4

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00380. thin veneer of gravel on surface.
    A12—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00281. secondary carbonate as coatings on underside of pebbles.
    B2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00282. secondary carbonates as coatings on underside of pebbles.
    C1ca—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00283. secondary carbonates disseminated and as thick coating on pebbles.
    C2ca—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00284. secondary carbonate as pendents on underside of gravel and as moderately cemented lenses.
    C3ca—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00285. secondary carbonates as coatings on gravel and as discontinuous weakly cemented lenses.
    C4—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 68C00286. this horizon is similar to the above horizon except the cemented lenses are more strongly cemented. Gravel content is 70 percent in this horizon.