IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dalcan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT053011
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT053011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969UT053011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43760
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 37.3597221
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0722198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: approximately 400 feet north of the south 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Lower Kolob - Zion National Park.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear Mortensen
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dalcan
  • PSC - 23 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lava plateau
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: basalt at 69cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1969 (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

    AMELA

    BRTE

    POA

    QUBE5

    SAME3

    Amelanchier

    Bromus tectorum

    Poa

    Quercus berberidifolia

    Salvia mellifera

    serviceberry

    cheatgrass

    bluegrass

    scrub oak

    black sage

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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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    2338

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    457

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    7.2

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; cobbly loam; weak very thick platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 40 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00958
    B1t—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry; cobbly silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 40 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00959
    B21t—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry; very cobbly clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 55 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00960
    B22t—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; very cobbly loam; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 tubular pores; slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 65 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00961
    R—69 centimeters (27.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.