IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kinesava
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT053013
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT053013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969UT053013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0189
  • 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: 37.2205544
  • Std. Longitude: -112.9411087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: approximately 1,800 feet north and 400 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Deer trap Mountain - Zion National Park.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear Mortensen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kinesava
  • PSC - 79 to 129 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1969 (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

    AMELA

    ARTEM

    BRMA4

    Amelanchier

    Artemisia

    Bromus marginatus

    serviceberry

    sagebrush

    mountain brome

    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

    2073

    457

    8.3

    19.4

    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00968
    A12—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 medium and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00969
    A13—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 medium and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00970
    A14—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00971
    B1t—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00972
    B21t—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00973
    B22t—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 69C00974