IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Begay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05UT019019
  • User Pedon ID: S2005UT019019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 05UT019019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0149
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17938
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 38.7995720
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6758118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Arches NP.
  • Map Unit: 116—Begay fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, overwash
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT687—Arches National Park, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Scott/V. Parslow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocambids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Begay
  • Classificaton Date - 1/20/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Begay
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: reworked eolian sands and/or sandstone
  • Landform: valley, plateau
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Geology: Quaternary Alluvium And Older Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R035XY215UT Semidesert Sandy Loam (4-Wing Saltbush)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bw1

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    BRTE

    PLJA

    PLPA2

    SPCR

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Bromus tectorum

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Plantago patagonica

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Indian ricegrass

    cheatgrass

    James' galleta

    woolly plantain

    sand dropseed

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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

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    254

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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N00468
    Bw1—9 to 35 centimeters (3.5 to 13.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N00470
    Bw2—35 to 77 centimeters (13.8 to 30.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk—77 to 163 centimeters (30.3 to 64.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—163 to 200 centimeters (64.2 to 78.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6.