IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clavicon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985UT003003
  • User Pedon ID: 85UT003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985UT003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0950
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57216
  • 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: 41.5091667
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7305527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. M. Bonell, J. C. Leach and D. J. Sommerville
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Calcixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clavicon
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Calcixerolls
  • PSC - 25 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: with 45 to <100
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    AGSP

    JUOS

    PIMO

    Agropyron spicatum

    Juniperus osteosperma

    Pinus monophylla

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    Utah juniper

    singleleaf pinyon

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—33

    33—97

    97—0

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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

    30

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    1858

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    0

    38

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    6

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    7

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    1A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05076; dry when described;. few lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; many very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219490; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219490
    1A2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular and 5.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct carbonate coats on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05077; dry when described;. few lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219491; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219491
    1Bk1—33 to 50 centimeters (13.0 to 19.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 medium 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; 1 percent medium spherical silica concretions; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05078; moist when described;. few medium silica concretions concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219492; continuous - phpvsfiid 219492
    1Bk2—50 to 76 centimeters (19.7 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 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; 11 percent medium spherical silica concretions; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05079; moist when described;. common medium silica concretions concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; few fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219493; continuous - phpvsfiid 219493
    1Bk3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 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; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05080; moist when described;. common lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; few fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 219494; continuous - phpvsfiid 219494
    1R—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); unknown texture; fragments.