IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zillion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT017003
  • User Pedon ID: 73UT017003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0077
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44711
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • 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: 38.0475006
  • Std. Longitude: -112.4372253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 5.5 miles north, 1.5 miles west of Bear Valley junction
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT017—Garfield
  • MLRA: 47—Wasatch and Uinta Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT636—Panguitch Area, Parts of Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Piute Counties, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Zillion
  • PSC - 12 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zl
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: basic and intermediate igneous rock
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1973 (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

    ARAR8

    ARTR2

    POA

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Artemisia tridentata

    Poa

    little sagebrush

    big sagebrush

    bluegrass

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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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    2347

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    381

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    5.3

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; cobbly silt loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00527. noncalcareous
    B1—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00528. noncalcareous
    Bt21—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; thin clay films; 1 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00529. noncalcareous; continuous - phpvsfiid 795690; continuous - phpvsfiid 795690
    Bt22—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; thin clay films; 1 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00530. noncalcareous; continuous - phpvsfiid 795689; continuous - phpvsfiid 795689
    Bca3—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00531. strongly calcareous
    Cca1—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00532. very strongly calcareous; weakly and strongly cemented
    Cca2—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00533. very strongly calcareous; weakly and strongly cemented
    C3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5. Lab sample # 73C00534. moderately calcareous