IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hominy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991UT047004
  • User Pedon ID: S1991UT047004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991UT047004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0111
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64350
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 40.4766655
  • Std. Longitude: -109.9747238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: Uintah area. Hayden.
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40109-D8—Whiterocks, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RHF and GWL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, siliceous, mesic Ustic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hominy
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heapo
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, siliceous, mesic Ustollic Camborth
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1991
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 36.00 percent 2 2.00 percent 250
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BRTE

    GUTIE

    OPUNT

    SPCR

    SPHAE

    Bromus tectorum

    Gutierrezia

    Opuntia

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Sphaeralcea

    cheatgrass

    snakeweed

    pricklypear

    sand dropseed

    globemallow

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—23

    23—71

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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

    2

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    1890

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    135

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very cobbly loamy sand; 6 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00783
    A2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very cobbly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00784
    Bw1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; extremely cobbly sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00785
    Bw2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; extremely cobbly loamy sand; 2 percent clay; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint coats on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00786
    Bk1—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; extremely cobbly sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint coats on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00787
    Bk2—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; extremely cobbly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint coats on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00788