IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taylorsflat
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985UT003001
  • User Pedon ID: 85UT003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985UT003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0948
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57214
  • 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: 41.6166649
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8361130
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet W and 1600 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven M. Bonell and Scott Ferguson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Taylorsflat
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Taylorsflat
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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

    AGDE2

    ARTRW

    CHVI8

    Agropyron desertorum

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

    desert wheatgrass

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    yellow rabbitbrush

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—13

    46—64

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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

    2

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    1675

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    0

    25

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    9

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    10

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    1A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05065; dry when described;. many very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    1Bw—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 5.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05066; dry when described;. Carbonates on underside of rocks.; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 219481; patchy - phpvsfiid 219481
    1Bk—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 5.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05067; dry when described;. Carbonates all around rocks.; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219482; continuous - phpvsfiid 219482
    1C1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05068; dry when described;. Carbonates 3/4 around rocks.; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219483; continuous - phpvsfiid 219483
    1C2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 85P05069; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous