IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltair
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002UT003001
  • User Pedon ID: 02UT003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002UT003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0154
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14625
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.5866013
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3042908
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 21
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT602—Box Elder County, Utah, Eastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41112-E3—Public Shooting Grounds, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.J. Lewis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Aquisalids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltair
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/2005
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 103
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SALIC

    Salicornia

    pickleweed

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1290

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    135

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    CBkzg1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 3 percent fine distinct threadlike salt masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00560
    CBkzg2—3 to 33 centimeters (1.2 to 13.0 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine distinct threadlike ; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00561
    CBkg1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 75 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00562
    CBkg2—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 75 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00563
    Czg—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches);, 70 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 3 percent fine prominent salt crystals; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00564
    Cg1—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses and 30 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00565
    Cg2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions and 30 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 02N00566