IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KUNZLER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982UT003004
  • User Pedon ID: 82UT003004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982UT003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0764
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51551
  • 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: 41.7174149
  • Std. Longitude: -113.4858551
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet W and 1300 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: North of Warm Springs Wash. East of Hwy 30. 3 miles south of Kunzler Ranch.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT601—Box Elder County, Utah, Western Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Durixerollic Calciorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KUNZLER
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kunzler
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Calciorthi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: bajada
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/1982 (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

    ATCO

    SAVE4

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    shadscale saltbush

    greasewood

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    1

    —

    —

    1554

    —

    45

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03925
    Ab—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03926
    Bq—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03927
    Bkq1—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03928
    Bkq2—63 to 81 centimeters (24.8 to 31.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03929
    Bkq3—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03930
    2Cqy—104 to 170 centimeters (40.9 to 66.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium platy, and massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 82P03931