LOCATION LIND UTEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Haplocalcids
TYPICAL PEDON: Lind loam, on an east facing 2 percent slope under pasture grasses at an elevation of 5130 feet. (Colors are for air-dry soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 5 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure parting to moderate fine and very fine subangular blocky; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine, few fine roots; common very fine, few fine and medium tubular pores; slightly effervescent (7 percent calcium carbonate equivalent), carbonates are disseminated; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); clear smooth boundary. (5 to 6 inches thick)
By--5 to 11 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; weak thin platy structure parting to moderate very fine subangular blocky; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine, few fine roots; common very fine, few fine and medium tubular pores; few very fine gypsum veins and soft masses; slightly effervescent (10 percent calcium carbonate equivalent), carbonates are disseminated; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); clear wavy boundary. (0 to 13 inches thick)
Bky1--11 to 27 inches; light brown (7.5YR 6/4) loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4) moist; weak medium and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; common very fine and fine, few medium tubular pores; common fine and very fine gypsum soft masses and veins; strongly effervescent (17 percent calcium carbonate equivalent), carbonates are disseminated and segregated as common medium and fine irregular shaped soft masses; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); gradual wavy boundary. (9 to 16 inches thick)
Bky2--27 to 39 inches; pink (7.5YR 7/4) loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) moist; weak medium and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; common very fine and fine, few medium tubular pores; common fine and very fine gypsum soft masses and veins; strongly effervescent (18 percent calcium carbonate equivalent), carbonates are disseminated and segregated as common medium and fine irregular shaped soft masses; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); abrupt wavy boundary. (9 to 12 inches thick)
Bky3--39 to 48 inches; pink (7.5YR 7/4) loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) moist; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; common very fine, few fine tubular pores; common fine and very fine gypsum soft masses and veins; strongly effervescent (26 percent calcium carbonate equivalent), carbonates are disseminated and segregated as many medium and fine irregular shaped soft masses; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); gradual smooth boundary. (9 to 18 inches thick)
Bky4--48 to 56 inches; pink (7.5YR 7/3) loam, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) moist; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; common very fine, few fine tubular pores; common fine and very fine gypsum soft masses and veins; strongly effervescent (18 percent calcium carbonate equivalent), carbonates are disseminated and segregated as common medium and fine irregular shaped soft masses; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); clear wavy boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick)
Bky5--56 to 60 inches; pink (7.5YR 7/3) sandy loam, light brown (7.5YR 5/3) moist; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and nonplastic; few very fine roots; common very fine, few fine tubular pores; many fine and very fine gypsum soft masses and veins; slightly effervescent (6 percent calcium carbonate equivalent), carbonates are disseminated and segregated as few very fine irregular shaped soft masses; few fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) distinct redoximorphic concentrations; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0).
TYPE LOCATION: Uintah County, Utah; 1 mile southeast of Naples; 300 feet south, 500 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 6, T.5S., R.22E., SLBM; 40 degrees, 25 minutes, 8 seconds north latitude and 109 degrees, 28 minutes, 52 seconds west longitude; USGS Naples, Utah quadrangle.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil Moisture: The soil moisture control section is influenced by precipitation that falls evenly throughout the year except for a slight increase in the late summer and early fall. This soil occurs in an area considered to be Typic Aridic. It has an aridic soil moisture regime with aquic conditions.
Mean annual soil temperature ranges from 47 to 50 degrees F.
Particle-size control section (weighted average): 13 to 18 percent silicate clay with 18 to 35 percent total clay .
Depth to calcic horizon: 5 to 30 inches
Depth to gypsiferous material: 2 to 5 inches with a few pedons that have gypsum at the surface.
Depth to endosaturation: 18 to 40 inches to irrigation induced saturation during the months of April through December
A horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 5 moist
Chroma: 2 to 4 dry or moist
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 5 to 10 percent
Gypsum: 0 to 2 percent
By horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 3 or 4 dry or moist
Texture: dominantly loam but includes sandy clay loam.
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 5 to 10 percent
Gypsum: 0 to 2 percent
Bk horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 6 or 7 dry, 5 or 6 moist
Chroma: 2 to 4 dry or moist
Texture: dominantly loam but includes sandy clay loam, sandy loam, and clay loam
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 15 to 40 percent in the upper part and 5 to 15 percent in the lower part
Gypsum: 1 to 3 percent
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Crib and Yonic series. Crib soils have lithologic discontinuities with layers that have greater than 35 percent rock fragments below 40 inches. Yonic soils have less than 18 percent total clay.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: alluvium derived from sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
Landforms: fan remnants and structural benches
Slopes: 0 to 4 percent
Elevation: 4,900 to 5,600 feet
Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 47 degrees F
Mean annual precipitation: 5 to 8 inches
Freeze-free period is 110 to 125 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Boreham soils on structural benches and fan remnants; Nolava soils on fan remnants; and the competing Crib soils on structural benches and fan remnants. Boreham and Nolava soils are well drained and do not have water tables.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained; low runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used principally for irrigated pasture.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northeastern Utah; MLRA 34. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Bozeman, Montana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Uintah County, Uintah Area Soil Survey, Utah, 1998. The name comes from a geographic feature in the survey area.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle-size control section: The zone from 10 to 40 inches. (By, Bky1, Bky2, and Bky3 horizons)
Ochric epipedon: The zone from 0 to 5 inches (Ap horizon).
Calcic horizon: The zone from 11 to 60 inches (Bky1, Bky2, Bky3, Bky5 horizons).
Aquic conditions: Irrigation induced endosaturation occurs from 18 to 40 inches during the months of April through December.
ADDITIONAL DATA:
NSSL sample numbers S91UT-047-003 and S93UT-047-002.
Taxonomic version: Seventh Edition, 1996.