IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ACANA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982UT003006
  • User Pedon ID: 82UT003006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982UT003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0766
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51553
  • 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: 41.7279701
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5558548
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 0 feet S and 1700 feet W of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 4.8 miles NE of Muddy 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: Loamy, mixed, shallow Xerollic Durargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ACANA
  • PSC - 8 to 28 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/2003
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: remnant upper surface of bajada
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1982 (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

    CHVI8

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

    shadscale saltbush

    yellow 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

    3

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    1646

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    68

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; 19 percent clay; weak very fine platy parts to moderate 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 interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter durinodes fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03937
    Bt—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter durinodes fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03938
    Bqkm1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 16 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter durinodes fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03939
    Bqkm2—38 to 43 centimeters (15.0 to 16.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 82P03940