IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GILSTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980UT047009
  • User Pedon ID: S1980UT047009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0502
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48273
  • 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: 40.0024986
  • Std. Longitude: -109.1374969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1,000 feet west and 1,300 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 2 1/2 miles southeast of Bonanza, Utah
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT047—Uintah
  • MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT047—Uintah Area, Utah - Parts of Daggett, Grand and Uintah Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Sodic Ustic Haplocambids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GILSTON
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2006
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilston
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, calcareous, mesic Ustic Torri
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (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

    2

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    1707

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    180

    254

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    8.3

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02821, 80P02829
    C1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02822
    C2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02823
    C3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated and threadlike carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02824
    C4—79 to 132 centimeters (31.1 to 52.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated and threadlike carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02825
    Cscac5—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent fine carbonate masses and 10 percent fine gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02826
    C6—173 to 223 centimeters (68.1 to 87.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02827
    C7—223 to 243 centimeters (87.8 to 95.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2. Lab sample # 80P02828