LOCATION CALCREE UTEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aeric Endoaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Calcree fine sand, on a 1 percent slope in a stream bottom at an elevation of 5614 feet. When described on March 1, 1999 the soil was saturated from 22 to 27 inches. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
A--0 to 8 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4), fine sand, brown (7.5YR 5/4) moist; single grained structure; loose, loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine, fine and many medium, coarse roots; 7 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses in pores linings and root channels; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic staining on faces of peds; noneffervescent; neutral (pH 7.2); clear wavy boundary. (3 to 10 inches thick)
C1--8 to 15 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4), fine sand, brown (7.5YR 5/4) moist; massive structure; loose, loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; many very fine, fine and common medium, coarse roots; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) iron- manganese masses in pore linings and root channels; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic staining on faces of peds; noneffervescent; neutral (pH 7.2); clear wavy boundary. (5 to 10 inches thick)
C2--15 to 27 inches; pink (7.5YR 7/4), fine sand, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) moist; massive structure; loose, loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine, fine roots; 15 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds; noneffervescent; neutral (pH 7.2); abrupt wavy boundary. (10 to 15 inches thick)
R--27 inches; Navajo sandstone bedrock.
TYPE LOCATION: Garfield County, UT; USGS King Bench 7.5 minute quadrangle; lat. 37 degrees 50 minutes 49.54 seconds N. and long. 111 degrees 21 minutes 13.39 seconds W., NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture - Aquic soil moisture regime. The soil is saturated to the surface with water for a period of at least 2 weeks during the time the soil temperature is above 40 degrees F.
Mean annual soil temperature - 47 to 54 degrees F
Depth to lithic contact - 20 to 40 inches to sandstone
Depth to redox concentrations - 0 to 8 inches
Particle-size control section (weighted average)-
Clay content: 0 to 8 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent gravel
A horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 to 7 dry, 4 to 5 moist
Chroma: 3 to 6 dry, or moist
Notes: The A horizon is sometimes capped by a 1-2 inch layer of organic material or muck (Oi or Oe horizon)
C horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 6 or 7 dry, 5 or 6 moist
Chroma: 3 to 6 dry, or moist
Texture: fine sand or sand
Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent gravel
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: alluvium derived from sandstone
Landform: stream terraces, drainageways
Slopes: 0 to 4 percent
Elevation: 4800 to 5800 feet
Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 52 degrees F
Mean annual precipitation: 9 to 12 inches
Frost-free period: 120 to 160 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Bowington and
Mespun series.
The Bowington soils are very deep and are on floodplains. The Mespun soils are very deep and are on high terraces with eolian sands.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: poorly drained, low runoff, very rapid permeability, frequently flooded more than or equal to 50 times in 100 years between July and September, occasionally flooded (5 to 50 times in 100 years) from March to May.
USE AND VEGETATION: The major uses are for wildlife habitat and limited livestock grazing. Potential native vegetation is sedges, Baltic rushes, Kentucky bluegrass, redtop, basin wildrye, and western wheatgrass. This soil has been correlated to the Semiwet Fresh Meadow 035XY010UT ecological site at the type location in Utah.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: South Central, Utah; LRR D, MLRA 35; This series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Phoenix, Arizona, MO 8.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Garfield County, UT, Grand-Staircase Escalante soil survey area. 2004. The name Calcree is derived from Calf Creek.
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle-size control section: The zone from 10 to 27 inches.
Ochric epipedon: The zone from 0 to 8 inches. (A horizon)
Lithic contact: Contact with sandstone at 27 inches. (R horizon)
Endosaturation: The zone of saturation at 0 to 27 inches. (A, Bw1, and Bw2 horizons)
Taxonomic Version: Second Edition 1999.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Ecological site-Wet Fresh Meadow