IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thiokol
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982UT003001
  • User Pedon ID: 82UT003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982UT003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0761
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51548
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.8954735
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0611191
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet N and 800 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT602—Box Elder County, Utah, Eastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thiokol
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lake sediment, lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ARTR2

    CHRYS9

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus

    big sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

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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

    28

    150

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    1390

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    135

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03906
    Ab—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03907
    Bk1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03908
    Bk2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03909
    Bk3—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03910
    Bk4—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03911
    Ck—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03912
    Cr—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 82P03913