LOCATION GARLEY                  UT

Established Series
Rev. LDS/LA/RJL/JWB
03/2011

GARLEY SERIES

The Garley series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in alluvium derived from sedimentary rock. Garley soils are on stream terraces. Slopes range from 0 to 4 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 19 cm and the mean annual temperature is about 9 degrees C.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, calcareous, mesic Typic Torrifluvents

TYPICAL PEDON: Garley very fine sandy loam, on a 2 percent slope in black greasewood at an elevation of 1607 meters. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.) The surface is covered by 5 percent gravel and 2 percent cobbles.

A--0 to 10 centimeters; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very fine sandy loam, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; moderate medium platy structure, and weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine and fine roots and few medium and coarse roots; 1 percent cobbles and 5 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.5); abrupt smooth boundary. (20 5 to 96 cm thick)

C1--10 to 28 centimeters; pale brown (10YR 6/3), very fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine and fine roots and few medium and coarse roots; 2 percent cobbles and 12 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); clear smooth boundary.

C2--28 to 43 centimeters; pale brown (10YR 6/3), loam, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine and fine roots and few medium roots; 5 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.9); clear smooth boundary.

C3--43 to 61 centimeters; pale brown (10YR 6/3), gravelly fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine and fine roots and few medium roots; 2 percent cobbles and 15 percent gravel; slightly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 9.0); clear smooth boundary.

Ab--61 to 74 centimeters; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), loam, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine and medium roots and common very fine roots; slightly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.9); abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 14 cm thick)

C4--74 to 94 centimeters; pale brown (10YR 6/3), fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; single grain; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine and medium roots and common very fine roots; 2 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.7); clear smooth boundary.

C5--94 to 140 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), loam, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; massive; friable, hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; strongly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.8); abrupt smooth boundary.

C6--140 to 162 centimeters; pale brown (10YR 6/3), very fine sandy loam, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; single grain; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots; slightly effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6). (combined thickness of C horizons range from 41 to 152 cm)

TYPE LOCATION: Emery County, Utah; about 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) west of Olsen Reservoir; located about 120 feet south and 1000 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 1, T. 16 S., R. 11 E.; Olsen Reservoir USGS quad; lat. 39 degrees 28 minutes 8 seconds N. and long. 110 degrees 38 minutes 35 seconds W., NAD 83

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture: The soil moisture control section is usually dry, but intermittently moist during late summer and early fall. affected by precipitation that peaks from July to October and falls evenly throughout the remainder of the year; typic Aaridic (torric) moisture regime.

Particle-size control section (weighted averages):
Clay content: 10 to 18 percent
Sand content: greater than 15 percent coarser than very fine sand
Rock fragment content: 0 to 15 percent

A horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR, 10YR, or 2.5Y
Value: 6 or 7 dry; 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 2 to 4 dry; 1 to 6 moist
Texture: very fine sandy loam, loam, clay loam, gravelly fine sandy loam; thin horizons of clay loam may occur in the lower A horizon
Clay content: 10 to 27 35 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 15 30 percent; 0 to 15 percent cobbles, 0 to 25 percent gravel
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 5 to 15 25 percent
EC (mmhos/cm): 4 0 to 16
Gypsum content: 0 to 1 percent
SAR: 13 to 160; some areas are reclaimed to agriculture and have values less than 13
Reaction: moderately alkaline to or strongly alkaline

C horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR, 10YR, or 2.5Y
Value: 5 to 7 dry; 3 to 5 6 moist
Chroma: 2 to 6 dry or moist
Texture: fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, loamy fine sand, gravelly fine sandy loam, gravelly loamy fine sand, gravelly sandy clay loam, very fine sandy loam; clay loam may occur below a depth of 100 cm
Clay content: 3 to 27 35 percent (weighted average is 10 to 18 percent)
Rock fragments: 0 to 35 percent; 0 to 15 percent cobbles, 0 to 35 percent gravel
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 2 to 15 25 percent
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 16
Gypsum: 0 to 3 percent
SAR: 13 to 300; some areas are reclaimed to agriculture and have values less than 13
Reaction: moderately alkaline to or strongly alkaline

Ab horizon, where present:
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 5 or 6to 7 dry; 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 2 or 3 dry or; 3 moist
Texture: loam, very fine sandy loam
Clay content: 13 to 26 25 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 10 percent
gravel
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 5 to 15 20 percent
EC (mmhos/cm): 4 0 to 16
Gypsum: 0 to 2 percent
SAR: 13 to 200; some areas are reclaimed to agriculture and have values less than 13

Reaction: moderately alkaline to or strongly alkaline

Cy horizon, where present:
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 6 or 7 dry; 4 to 6 moist
Chroma: 2 to 4 dry or moist
Texture: clay loam
Clay content: 27 to 35 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 15 percent gravel
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 10 to 20 percent
EC (mmhos/cm): 4 to 16
Gypsum: 1 to 5 percent
SAR: 5 to 30
Reaction: moderately alkaline

COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series in this family. The Cirac, Eghelm, Gilco, Glenton, Ives, Juva, Neskai, Thoroughfare and Yelives series are similar but have a superactive CEC class.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
Landform: lower stream terraces
Slopes: 0 to 4 6 percent
Elevation: 1,219 to 1,829 meters
Mean annual temperature: 7.2 to 11.7 degrees C
Mean annual precipitation: 15.2 to 22.9 cm
Precipitation pattern: peak periods fromWettest months are July to October and has even distribution throughout the remainder of the year
driest months are December and June
Frost-free period: 120 to 160 days.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Green River, Glenton, Toddler, and Chipeta series. The Green River soils have a water table at 20 to 60 inches in depth, and are under Fremont cCottonwoods. The Glenton soils have less salinity and sodiocity and are under basin big sagebrush. The Toddler soils are fine-loamy and are under black greasewood. The Chipeta soils are shallow to weathered shale and are on shale hills upslope under mat saltbush.

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Wwell drained, low or very low runoff, moderate permeability, rarely flooded for brief periods during the months of March to October.

USE AND VEGETATION: Used for rangeland and wildlife habitat. Native vegetation is black greasewood, alkali sacaton, bottlebrush squirreltail and galleta. These soils are correlated to Alkali Flat (Black Greasewood) and Alkali Bottom (Alkali Sacaton) ecological sites in Utah.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Utah; LRR D, MLRA 34B; moderate extent. About 11,200 acres (4560 hectares) in Emery Area, Utah.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Bozeman, Montana

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Emery County, Utah, Emery Area, Soil Survey area, 2011. The name is taken from a nearby geographic location.

REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Series control section: The zone from 0 to 150 cm.
Particle-size control section: The zone from 25 to 100 cm. (C2, C3, Ab, C4, and C5 horizons)
Ochric epipedon: The zone from 0 to 10 cm. (A horizon)
Fluvent feature: The irregular decrease in organic carbon content from a depth of 25 cm to a depth of 125 cm.

The assignment of the cation-exchange activity class is from lab data, sample number S84UT-015-006.

Taxonomic Version: Classified according to Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Eleventh Edition, 2010.

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.