IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ustic Haplocalcids
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 12UT013002
  • User Pedon ID: S2012UT013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 12UT013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7854
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55315
  • Print Date: 6/18/2024

    • 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: 40.0911674
  • Std. Longitude: -110.4916611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: PKD—Skitzy-Strych complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes
  • County: UT013—Duchesne
  • MLRA: 34B—Warm Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT013—Duchesne Area, Utah, Parts of Duchesne, Utah, and Wasatch Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leland Sasser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1135
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ustic Haplocalcids
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocalcids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent flat 150- to 380-millimeter 50.00 percent flat 2- to 150-millimeter 10.00 percent nonflat 2- to 75-millimeter 2.00 percent nonflat 250- to 600-millimeter 3.00 percent nonflat 75- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/2011 (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

    Bw

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    Bk2

    Bky

    BCky

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    38

    82

    152

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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

    AGCR

    ARTR2

    BOGR2

    BRTE

    ELEL5

    ERBL2

    ERIOG

    SPAI

    SPCR

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Agropyron cristatum

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bromus tectorum

    Elymus elymoides

    Ericameria bloomeri

    Eriogonum

    Sporobolus airoides

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Indian ricegrass

    crested wheatgrass

    big sagebrush

    blue grama

    cheatgrass

    squirreltail

    rabbitbush

    buckwheat

    alkali sacaton

    sand dropseed

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

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    14—200

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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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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very channery sandy loam; 64 percent sand; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-175-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N02195; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw—5 to 14 centimeters (2.0 to 5.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; channery fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-175-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02196; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk1—14 to 38 centimeters (5.5 to 15.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; extremely channery sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky, and single grain; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 70 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat weakly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N02197; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bk2—38 to 82 centimeters (15.0 to 32.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very channery loam; 40 percent sand; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 90 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-175-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N02198; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bky—82 to 152 centimeters (32.3 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very channery sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-175-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat weakly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N02199; observed in pit, large or quarry
    BCky—152 to 200 centimeters (59.8 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very channery fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and single grain; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 2 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat weakly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # 12N02200; observed in pit, large or quarry