IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mellor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982UT003002
  • User Pedon ID: 82UT003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0762
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51549
  • 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: 41.8999176
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0400085
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet S and 250 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Xerollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mellor
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Xerollic Natrargids
  • PSC - 13 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lake sediments
  • Landform: basin lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak very thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03914
    Btn—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03915
    Bk—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03916
    Cb—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03917
    C—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03918
    Cr—130 to 183 centimeters (51.2 to 72.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), weak red (2.5YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 82P03919