IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dagflat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT053005
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT053005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT053005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43831
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.3897209
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8413925
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39S
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: near the southwest corner
  • Location Description: East fork of Beaver Dam Wash, near Hamburg Peak
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear L. Mortensen
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dagflat
  • PSC - 23 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1970 (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

    AMELA

    ARTEM

    Amelanchier

    Artemisia

    serviceberry

    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

    40

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    1951

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    270

    356

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    12.8

    22.2

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00294. about 60 percent of surface is covered with cobble and stone.
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00295
    B1t—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00296
    B21t—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00297
    B22t—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; coarse sand; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00298
    C—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00299. Weathered dacite bedrock that can be cut with a spade.
    R—76 centimeters (29.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 70C00300. dacite bedrock (consolidated).