IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Escalante
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT027059
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT027059
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43825
  • 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: 39.0466652
  • Std. Longitude: -112.4488907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: Southeast 1/4 of northeast 1/4
  • Location Description: 2.25 miles west of UT-26 at Pavant
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT027—Millard
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT632—Delta Area, Utah - Part of Millard County

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Stott and D. Beckstrand
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 59
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Escalante
  • PSC - 10 to 29 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1968 (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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00269
    C1—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00270. arbitrary separation for laboratory analysis.
    C2—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00271
    C3ca—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; loam; massive; friable, strongly cemented, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.
    C4—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; sandy loam; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.
    C5—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; silt loam; massive; friable, strongly cemented, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue.