IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ACANA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982UT003005
  • User Pedon ID: 82UT003005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982UT003005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0765
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51552
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: -113.5416870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet N and 100 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: 3.8 miles SW of the Kunzler Ranch. T15W, R12N recorded on description changed to T12N, R15W
  • 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 Xerollic Durargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ACANA
  • PSC - 8 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1982
  • 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: 6/2/1982 (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

    PONE2

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Poa nervosa

    shadscale saltbush

    Wheeler bluegrass

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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

    3

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    1615

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    158

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 13 percent clay; moderate very fine platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03932
    BT—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03933
    BQK—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03934
    BQKM11—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03935
    BQKM22—61 to 61 centimeters (24.0 to 24.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 82P03936