IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pass Canyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985UT021003
  • User Pedon ID: 85UT021003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0934
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57200
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.0000000
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6500015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2 miles SW of Bible Springs Area. E 1/2
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pass Canyon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pass Canyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic Lithic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    15

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    1830

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    135

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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05001. few medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    1BAt—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and coarse tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05002. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common medium and coarse roots; common fine roots
    1Bt—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; 36 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium and coarse tubular and 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 37 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05003. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium and coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    1Cr—46 to 51 centimeters (18.1 to 20.1 inches); weathered bedrock; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Weathered andesite.; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    1R—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Andesitic bedrock.