IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mussentuchit

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1984UT015007

User Pedon ID: 84UT015007

Vegetation Plot ID: S1984UT015007

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 84P0850

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55088

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: 38.9291649

Std. Longitude: -111.0433350

Datum: WGS84

Township: 22S

Range: 8E

Section: 5

PLSS Details: about 1,700 feet west and 1,400 feet south of the southeast corner

Location Description: SE 1/4 NE 1/4, Emery County, Utah.

Map Unit: 166—Swell-Mussentuchit association, 2 to 12 percent slopes

State: Utah

County: UT015—Emery

MLRA: 34—Central Desertic Basins, Mountains, and Plateaus

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT623—Emery Area, Utah, Parts of Emery, Carbon, Grand, and Sevier Counties

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38111-H1—Short Canyon, Utah

PEDON

Describers Name: D. Hansen

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-gypseous, hypergypsic, mesic Leptic Haplogypsids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 7

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Mussentuchit

PSC - 25 to 97 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/30/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Snd

Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: slope alluvium over gypsiferous residuum weathered from sandstone and shale

Landscape: hills

Landform: cuesta or hogback

Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderately coherent shale, calcareous at 97cm

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent 20.00 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter chert,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)

Microrelief Kind: microdepression

Microrelief Elevation: 10

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	Data Collector	Total Clay	CaCO3 Clay	Total Silt	Fine Silt	Co. Silt	Total Sand	Total Sand Method	VC Sand	Co. Sand	Med. Sand	Fine Sand	VF Sand	VF Sand Method	Texture Class - Field Lab	Rubbed Fiber	Unrubbed Fiber	pH H2O
	cm	cm			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
A A A By By By Cy1 Cy1 Cy1 Cy2 Cy2 Cy2 Cr Cr Cr	0 0 0 5 5 5 33 33 33 58 58 58 97 97 97	5 5 5 33 33 33 58 58 58 97 97 97 114 114 114	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	pH CaCl2	pH NaF	pH Ox	Delta pH	LL	PL	PI	Atter. Samp. Cond.	COLE	Pot. Acidity	Ca + Mg - Meh 2	K	Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste	KCl Extract. Acidity	Base Sat. - Meh 2	CEC-7	CEC-8.2
	cm	cm						%	%	%		cm/cm	meq/100g	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg	mmol(+)/l	cmol(+)/kg	%	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg
A A A By By By Cy1 Cy1 Cy1 Cy2 Cy2 Cy2 Cr Cr Cr	0 0 0 5 5 5 33 33 33 58 58 58 97 97 97	5 5 5 33 33 33 58 58 58 97 97 97 114 114 114	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —		— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	ECEC	Phosphate P	NO3-N	EC	EC Method	EC 1:5 by volume	CaCO3 Equiv.	Equiv. Gypsum	Na	SAR	Gypsum Req.	Humic Color	Fulvic Color	Humic + Fulvic Color	Al	PI	Pyro. Hue	PyrO. Value	Pyro. Chroma
	cm	cm		cmol(+)/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	dS/m		dS/m	%	%	mmol(+)/l	%	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	%
A A A By By By Cy1 Cy1 Cy1 Cy2 Cy2 Cy2 Cr Cr Cr	0 0 0 5 5 5 33 33 33 58 58 58 97 97 97	5 5 5 33 33 33 58 58 58 97 97 97 114 114 114	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — 21 — — 10 — — 10 — — 8 — — 15	— 3 — — 55 — — 48 — — 47 — — 32 —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	1 — — 0 — — 0 — — 0 — — 2 — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ATCO	Atriplex confertifolia	shadscale saltbush	—	—	—

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	moderately coherent	97 - 114	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon gypsic horizon paralithic contact	0—5 5—97 97—	—5— —92— —-

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
7	—	—	1830	—	270	190	—	135	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; gravelly loam; 44 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 23 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P4839. common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

By—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); 60 percent reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) interior and 40 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) rubbed, moist; Error; 68 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 17 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 11 percent medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P4840. common medium gypsum crystals concentrations; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

Cy1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); variegated 70 percent pink (5YR 8/4) interior and 30 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) rubbed, moist; Error; 58 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 9 percent clay; massive; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 coarse interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent coarse irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P4841. many coarse gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

Cy2—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); variegated 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior and 30 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) rubbed, moist; Error; 60 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 coarse interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent very coarse irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P4842. many very coarse gypsum crystals concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

Cr—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); variegated 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior and 30 percent pinkish white (5YR 8/2) interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) rubbed, moist; bedrock; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 84P4843. effervescence is continuous