IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gladel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006UT037001
  • User Pedon ID: S2006UT037001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006UT037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0145
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19659
  • 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: 38.6091652
  • Std. Longitude: -110.0069427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 71—Gladel-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT037—San Juan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT638—San Juan County, Utah, Central Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C Scott & V Parslow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Lithic Haplustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gladel
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Lithic Haplustepts
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated sandstone, unspecified at 26cm
  • Geology: Cedar Mesa Sandstone formation of the Cutler group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/2006 (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

    JUOS

    PIED

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Pinus edulis

    Utah juniper

    twoneedle pinyon

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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

    8

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    1913

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    202

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 4.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 12 centimeters (1.2 to 4.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00974; observed in pit, small
    2BA—12 to 19 centimeters (4.7 to 7.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses in matrix and 15 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00975; observed in pit, small
    2Bkm—19 to 26 centimeters (7.5 to 10.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; cemented sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, slightly rigid, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 15.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00976; observed in pit, small
    2R—26 centimeters (10.2 inches); bedrock; 2.0 medium roots top of horizon and 1.0 coarse roots top of horizon; fragments.; observed in pit, small