IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Patna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966UT001006
  • User Pedon ID: S1966UT001006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966UT001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0957
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34016
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.4300003
  • Std. Longitude: -113.3761139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: Wah Wah Valley exclosure, 320 feet west and 20 feet south of the southeast corner of the exclosure: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: (UT 9-66B).
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT001—Beaver
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT626—Beaver County, Utah - Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vern K. Hugie and Klaus W. Flach
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Patna
  • PSC - 13 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1966 (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

    PLEUR12

    Pleuraphis

    galleta grass

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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

    1

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    1646

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    0

    152

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    10

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine and medium interstitial and 3.0 coarse vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07205
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07206
    B2t—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07207. thin secondary coating on underside of pebbles.
    B3—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07208. secondary carbonate coatings on underside of pebbles.
    IIC1—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07209. secondary carbonates coatings and pendents on underside of pebbles and as thin veins; common krotovina.
    IIC2—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; stratified sand to gravel; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 interstitial pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07210. secondary carbonate pendents on underside of pebbles.
    IIIC3—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 75.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A07211