IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984UT015008
  • User Pedon ID: 84UT015008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984UT015008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0851
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55089
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 38.9000015
  • Std. Longitude: -110.9916687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 14
  • Location Description: Emery County, Utah.
  • Map Unit: 166—Swell-Mussentuchit association, 2 to 12 percent slopes
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT015—Emery
  • MLRA: 34B—Warm Central Desertic Basins and Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT623—Emery Area, Utah, Parts of Emery, Carbon, Grand, and Sevier Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Hansen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Calcigypsids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Swell
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/2011
  • 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: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATCO

    HIJA

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Hilaria jamesii

    shadscale saltbush

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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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    830

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    18

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; loamy very fine sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P4844. common very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bw1—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P4845. common very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bw2—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent irregular carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P4846. few soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; gravelly very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent irregular carbonate masses; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; 8 Cresol red; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P4847. common soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk2—79 to 125 centimeters (31.1 to 49.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, moist; very gravelly very fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent irregular carbonate masses; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P4848. many soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    B—125 to 155 centimeters (49.2 to 61.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P4849. few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous