IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eimarsh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002UT003003
  • User Pedon ID: 02UT003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002UT003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0156
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14627
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.5860291
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3061066
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 21
  • Location Description: State Public Shooting Grounds
  • 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, calcareous, mesic Aeric Halaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eimarsh
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/5/2005
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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: 6/21/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 103
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    DISTI

    Distichlis

    saltgrass

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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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    1280

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    135

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    Akzg1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 60 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and 40 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; 3 percent fine salt masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00572
    Bkz1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; 3 percent fine salt masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00573
    Bkz2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine salt masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00574
    CBkzg—38 to 86 centimeters (15.0 to 33.9 inches); 60 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 22 percent clay; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00575
    Czg1—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent fine gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions and 10 percent fine 7.5Y 2.5/1 (7.5Y 2.5/1) manganese masses and 30 percent fine and medium cylindrical yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary.
    Czg2—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent fine and medium cylindrical black (7.5YR 2.5/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # 02N00576