IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nibley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981UT005002
  • User Pedon ID: 81UT005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0484
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49328
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 41.6166649
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8666687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 180 meters N 15 meters W of the SE corner of the NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Cache County, UT. Near center of plot 115.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT005—Cache
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nibley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Aquic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02823. few very fine roots
    1A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02824. Wormcasts and channels partially filled with pale brown silty clay loam.; few worm casts concentrations; common very fine and fine roots
    1B21t—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02825. About 15 percent of horizon consists of vertically oriented cracks less than 5 mm wide that are filled with very dark gray silty clay loam.; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1B22t—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02826. Abut 3 to 5 percent by volume of soft masses and fine concretions of CaCO3.; common fine and medium roots; common fine and medium distinct 10YR44 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR62 mottles
    1Cca—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent , moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 37 percent , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02827. About 15 to 20 percent by volume of white soft masses and fine concretions of CaCO3.; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common medium distinct 10YR44 mottles
    1C—127 to 193 centimeters (50.0 to 76.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior, moist; sandy clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 15 percent , moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 37 percent , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P02828. About 3 to 5 percent by volume of white soft masses of CaCO3.; common pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR46 mottles