IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milok
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009UT025001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009UT025001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25036
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 37.1954460
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1986389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 16
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT025—Kane
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT686—Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Area, Parts of Kane and Garfield Counties, Utah
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37111-E3—Sunset Flat, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kent Sutcliffe, Debbie Harms, Karen Vaughan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milok
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands and/or residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Bedrock: at 180cm
  • Geology: Entrada Sandstone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 21
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    180 - 205

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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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    1627

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    A1—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04137
    A2—22 to 43 centimeters (8.7 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist; loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04138
    Bk1—43 to 57 centimeters (16.9 to 22.4 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04139
    Bk2—57 to 88 centimeters (22.4 to 34.6 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; carbonate coats; 20 percent prominent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04140
    Bk3—88 to 122 centimeters (34.6 to 48.0 inches);, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04141
    Bk4—122 to 143 centimeters (48.0 to 56.3 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 20 percent carbonate coats; along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04142
    Cr—143 to 180 centimeters (56.3 to 70.9 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loamy sand; strong medium platy structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04143
    R—180 to 205 centimeters (70.9 to 80.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.