Megapit Details - NEON Data

D13 MOAB Megapit Soils Description

PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: Jul 22 2015	Country:
Description Date: Feb 24 2014	State: Utah
Describer: Keith Crossland	County: San Juan
Site ID: S2014UT037001	MLRA: 35 -- Colorado Plateau
Site Note:	Soil Survey Area: UT633 -- Canyonlands Area, Utah - Parts of Grand and San Juan Counties
Pedon ID: S2014UT037001	Map Unit:
Pedon Note:	Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: KSSL	Std Latitude:
Lab Pedon #: 14N0343	Std Longitude:
User Transect ID:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled:
Classification:	Latitude: 38 degrees 15 minutes 5.03 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated:	Longitude: 109 degrees 23 minutes 19.48 seconds west
Classification:	Datum: WGS84
Pedon Type:	UTM Zone: 12
Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site	UTM Easting: 640981 meters
Taxon Kind: family	UTM Northing: 4234936 meters
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division:	Primary Earth Cover: Grass/herbaceous cover
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateau	Secondary Earth Cover: Grassland rangeland
Physiographic Section:	Existing Vegetation: blue grama, fourwing saltbush, purple threeawn
State Physiographic Area:	Parent Material:
Local Physiographic Area:	Bedrock Kind: sandstone
Geomorphic Setting: on tread of structural bench on tread of plateau	Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: convex	Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: convex	Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 100 cm.	Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASIS	Description database: KSSL

Diagnostic Features:

calcic horizon 31 to 116 cm.

Cont. Site ID: S2014UT037001

Pedon ID: S2014UT037001

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost-Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
4.0	1,805.0	40	32.0			280	130	well

A--0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam, reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; 8 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01781

Bw--6 to 31 centimeters (2.4 to 12.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very fine sandy loam, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; 14 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; noneffervescent, by HCl, 1 normal; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01782

Bk1--31 to 47 centimeters (12.2 to 18.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loam, yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; 16 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 5 percent irregular carbonate masses in matrix; 2 percent nonflat subrounded sedimentary rock fragments; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01783

Bk2--47 to 62 centimeters (18.5 to 24.4 inches); pink (5YR 7/4) fine sandy loam, reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), moist; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent irregular carbonate masses in matrix; 10 percent nonflat subrounded sedimentary rock fragments; violent effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01784

Bk3--62 to 82 centimeters (24.4 to 32.3 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) sandy loam, yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 30 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 20 percent irregular carbonate masses in matrix; 15 percent nonflat subrounded sedimentary rock fragments; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01785

Ck--82 to 116 centimeters (32.3 to 45.7 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine sandy loam, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; 20 percent distinct carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 10 percent irregular carbonate masses in matrix; 30 percent nonflat subrounded sedimentary rock fragments; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01786

C1--116 to 160 centimeters (45.7 to 63.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) sandy loam, yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 40 percent nonflat subrounded sedimentary rock fragments; slight effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01787

C2--160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/6) very fine sandy loam, yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; 7 percent clay; structureless massive; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 0 percent unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by HCl, 1 normal; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N01788