IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Detra
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT053012
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT053012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969UT053012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0188
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43761
  • 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: 37.2263756
  • Std. Longitude: -112.9410629
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: South of deer exclosure on cable mountain road.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear Mortensen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Detra
  • PSC - 70 to 112 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    PERA4

    QUERC

    Peraphyllum ramosissimum

    Quercus

    wild crab apple

    oak

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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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    649

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    457

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    8.3

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00962
    A12—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00963
    B1t—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00964
    B21t—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00965
    B22t—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 69C00966
    R—112 centimeters (44.1 inches); clay; limestone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 69C00967. limestone bedrock with clay extending into cracks.