IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Skylick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039008
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43813
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.5541649
  • Std. Longitude: -111.3416672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet east and 900 feet north of southeast corner
  • Location Description: 1/4 mile above Buckhorn flat in North Canyon on east side of road.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT627—Sanpete Valley Area, Utah, Parts of Utah and Sanpete Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Brasher, D. Nettleton, M. Olsen, J. Swenson, R. Tew, C. McKinlay
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Skylick
  • PSC - 67 to 117 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1970 (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

    ACSP2

    Acer spicatum

    mountain maple

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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

    15

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    2478

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    315

    762

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    6.7

    13.9

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00203
    A12—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00204
    A13—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine and fine roots and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00205
    B21t—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00206
    B22t—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films; 25 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00207
    B23t—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00208
    B3t—163 to 201 centimeters (64.2 to 79.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very stony clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 70C00209