The distribution of soil depth to cemented subsoil horizons is important for land evaluation and management, particularly in arid and semiarid rangelands, where plant growth is limited by soil depth. Traditional methods of quantifying soil depth distribution are destructive, time‐consuming, and costly. Therefore nondestructive, efficient, and inexpensive methods for assessing soil depth are needed. We investigated the effectiveness of electromagnetic induction for nondestructively assessing the distribution of soil depth to petrocalcic horizon in a semiarid rangeland landscape in central Utah. Apparent conductivity was measured with the EM31 and EM38 electromagnetic induction meters in an 11.5‐ha survey area and in four 0.1‐ha plots. Soil depth was measured in hand‐excavated pits or in hand‐augered holes...