IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tosser
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985UT003002
  • User Pedon ID: 85UT003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985UT003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0949
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57215
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.3291664
  • Std. Longitude: -113.9963913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet S and 1000 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Victor Parslow SS and Brock Benson RC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tosser
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tosser
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARARN

    ORHY

    SIHY

    Artemisia arbuscula var. nova

    Oryzopsis hymenoides

    Sitanion hystrix

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—25

    25—152

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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

    7

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    1523

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    45

    25

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    9

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    10

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 5.5 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05070; dry when described;. common lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; many very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219484; continuous - phpvsfiid 219484
    1A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 5.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05071; moist when described;. common lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; many very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219485; continuous - phpvsfiid 219485
    1Bqk1—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05072; moist when described;. Evidence of slight cementation by silica.; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; common very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219486; continuous - phpvsfiid 219486
    1Bqk2—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; extremely gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P05073; moist when described;. many lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; few very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219487; continuous - phpvsfiid 219487
    1Bqk3—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05074; moist when described;. many lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219488; continuous - phpvsfiid 219488
    1Bqk4—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, carbonate coats on rock fragments; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 85P05075; moist when described;. many lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; common very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 219489; continuous - phpvsfiid 219489