LOCATION NOTLIC UTEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Ustic Torriorthents
TYPICAL PEDON: Notlic very cobbly loam, on a south facing, linear to concave, 9 percent slope in Utah juniper and pinyon pine at an elevation of 5,740 feet. (Colors are for dry soil unless otherwise noted.)
The surface is covered by 20 percent gravel and channers, 10 percent cobbles, and 5 percent stones.
A--0 to 4 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/3) very cobbly loam, brown (7.5YR 4/3) moist; weak thin platy structure parting to weak fine and very fine subangular blocky; soft, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many very fine, common fine, few medium roots; many very fine, few fine and medium tubular pores; 20 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, 10 percent channers, 5 percent stones; very slightly effervescent; calcium carbonate is disseminated; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); clear smooth boundary. (2 to 5 inches thick)
C1--4 to 13 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) extremely gravelly fine sandy loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; weak fine and very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many very fine, common fine, few medium roots; many very fine, common fine, few medium tubular and interstitial pores; 40 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, 10 percent channers, 5 percent stones; slightly effervescent; calcium carbonate is disseminated; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); gradual wavy boundary.
C2--13 to 29 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/3) extremely gravelly loam, brown (7.5YR 4/3) moist; weak fine and very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine, few fine roots; many very fine, common fine, few medium tubular and interstitial pores; 30 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, 10 percent channers, 15 percent stones; slightly effervescent; calcium carbonate is disseminated; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); gradual wavy boundary.
C3--29 to 48 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) extremely gravelly sandy clay loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine, few fine roots; many very fine, few fine and medium tubular and interstitial pores; 45 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, 10 percent channers; slightly effervescent; calcium carbonate is disseminated; strongly alkaline (pH 8.6); gradual wavy boundary.
C4--48 to 60 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) extremely cobbly sandy clay loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few very fine and fine roots; common very fine, few fine tubular pores; 35 percent gravel, 20 percent cobbles, 10 percent channers, 10 percent stones; slightly effervescent; calcium carbonate is disseminated; strongly alkaline (pH 8.8).
TYPE LOCATION: Uintah County, Utah; along Jones Hole Creek about 1 miles north of the confluence with Ely Creek; located about 700 feet south and 1,500 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 12, T.3 S., R.25 E., SLBM; Jones Hole, Utah-Colo. USGS quad; lat. 40 degrees 34 minutes 41 seconds N. and long. 109 degrees 3 minutes 12 seconds W., NAD 27
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture regime: Aridic bording ustic. The moisture control section is affected by precipitation that falls evenly through the year with a slight increase in late summer and fall.
Mean annual soil temperature: 47 to 51 degrees F.
Surface rock fragments: 30 to 50 percent predominantly subrounded gravel and cobbles of sedimentary origin.
Particle-size control section: 18 to 27 percent clay; 50 to 80 percent subrounded rock fragments (predominantly gravel, some cobbles - of sedimentary origin)
Calcium Carbonate Equivalent: 5 to 15 percent
A horizon:
Reaction: moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline
C horizon:
Value: 5 or 6 dry, 4 or 5 moist
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: SCL, L, or FSL with GRX, GRV and CBX modifiers
Rock fragments: 45 to 80 percent total; 25 to 35 percent gravel, 10 to 20 percent cobbles, 5 to 10 percent channers, 5 to 10 percent stones
Reaction: moderately alkaline or strongly alkaline
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Chalkcliff (T) and
Polychrome series and possibly the
Chilton,
Happle, and
Nihill series not yet updated to the Seventh Edition keys.
Polychrome: moderately deep to paralithic contact.
Chalkcliff, Happle, and Nihill: have hues yellower than 7.5YR.
Chilton: has moisture control sections affected by significant peak periods of precipitation in the late spring and early summer.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Notlic soils.
Parent material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rocks.
Landform: alluvial fans.
Slopes: 5 to 15 percent
Elevation: 5,000 to 5,800 feet
Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 49 degrees F.
Mean annual precipitation: 8 to 12 inches.
Frost-free period: 110 to 140 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Iogoon,
Labyrinth,
Pensore, and
Wildmount series.
Iogoon and Labyrinth soils occur on flood plains and are subject to rare flooding and seasonal high water tables at 40 to 60 inches in depth.
Pensore soils occur on hillslopes and are shallow.
Wildmount soils occur on fan remnants and have a calcic horizon.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained, low to medium runoff, moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: The major uses are livestock grazing, wildlife habitat, and recreation. The native plant community is Utah juniper, pinyon pine, galleta, needleandthread, black sagebrush, bluebunch wheatgrass, and Mormon tea. This soil has been correlated to the Semidesert Stony Loam (Utah Juniper-Pinyon) - 034XY247UT range site at the type location in Utah.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northeast Utah. LRR D, MLRA 34. This series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Bozeman, Montana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Uintah County (Dinosaur National Monument Area), Utah. 1997. The name was coined.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: The zone from 0 to 4 inches. (A horizon)
The cation exchange activity class was inferred from laboratory data in the Uintah Area Soil Survey.
Taxonomy version: Seventh Edition, 1996.