Jaunalo soil and landscape

Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the Juanalo series. (Soil Survey of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona and Utah; by Michael W. Burney, Natural Resources Conservation Service)

 

Landscape: Juanalo soils are on mesas and structural benches. They formed in residuum derived from Juana Lopez limestone, member of the Mancos Shale formation

 

The Juanalo series consists of shallow, well drained soils that formed in residuum derived from limestone. Slopes range from 1 to 6 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 9 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 56 degrees F.

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Lithic Torriorthents

 

Soil moisture: Typic aridic moisture regime.

Mean annual soil temperature: 54 to 58 degrees F

Depth to lithic contact: 10 to 20 inches to Juana Lopez limestone

Depth to cambic horizon: 1 to 4 inches

Particle-size control section (weighted average):

Clay content: 18 to 35 percent

Rock fragments: 0 to 35 percent

 

USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland. Native vegetation is galleta, alkali sacaton saltbush, fringed sage and cactus.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southwest Colorado; MLRA 35; minor extent.

 

For additional information about the survey area, visit:

www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/arizona/glenca...

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/J/JUANALO.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#juanalo

 

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