IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Strych
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992UT037140C
  • User Pedon ID: 92UT037140C
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992UT037140C
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P1002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65242
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024
  • 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: 38.2070007
  • Std. Longitude: -109.6100006
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 6 miles SE of Needles Overlook
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT037—San Juan
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT633—Canyonlands Area, Utah - Parts of Grand and San Juan Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38109-B5—Harts Point North, Utah
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RAF
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 140
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Strych
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Ustochreptic Calciorthids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    A

    Bw

    Bw

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk2

    C

    C

    0

    0

    3

    3

    11

    11

    20

    20

    90

    90

    3

    11

    20

    90

    110

    30

    25

    25

    25

    30

    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

    A

    A

    Bw

    Bw

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk2

    C

    C

    0

    0

    3

    3

    11

    11

    20

    20

    90

    90

    3

    11

    20

    90

    110

    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 %

    A

    A

    Bw

    Bw

    Bk1

    Bk1

    Bk2

    Bk2

    C

    C

    0

    0

    3

    3

    11

    11

    20

    20

    90

    90

    3

    11

    20

    90

    110

    7

    7

    7

    7

    7

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

    ACHY

    ATCO

    PLEUR12

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Pleuraphis

    Indian ricegrass

    shadscale saltbush

    galleta grass

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—3

    11—90

    —-

    —-

    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

    9

    2

    1484

    270

    203

    12

    12

    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 3.0 medium vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06299
    Bw—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), red (2.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 66 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06300
    Bk1—11 to 20 centimeters (4.3 to 7.9 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/8), red (2.5YR 5/6), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 60 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine carbonate threads around rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary.
    Bk2—20 to 90 centimeters (7.9 to 35.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; very gravelly fine sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine carbonate threads around rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. partially augered layer
    C—90 to 110 centimeters (35.4 to 43.3 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), moist; fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. augered layer