IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cave

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1986UT053001

User Pedon ID: 86UT053001

Vegetation Plot ID: S1986UT053001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 86P0958

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59252

Print Date: 2/16/2025

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: 37.0444450

Std. Longitude: -113.9280548

Datum: WGS84

Township: 43S

Range: 19W

Section: 13

PLSS Details: 1000 feet N and 1400 feet E of SW corner

State: Utah

County: UT053—Washington

MLRA: 30—Mojave Basin and Range

PEDON

Describers Name: Gordon C. Crandall and Carolyn S. Wiarda

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Cave

Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Typic Paleorthids

PSC - 25 to 50 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: upland

Landform: terrace—outwash or marine

Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (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
LADI2 YUBR	Larrea divaricata Yucca brevifolia	— Joshua tree	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon calcic horizon petrocalcic horizon	0—5 23—50 50—107	—- —- —-

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
5	—	—	945	—	180	16	—	—	19	29	9	18	28	8	—	—	—	—	—

1A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium vesicular and 2.5 fine vesicular pores; 55 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05742; dry when described;. Few very fine roots; common very fine vesicular pores, lime is disseminated and also discontinuously coats pebbles.; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; few medium roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221178; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221178

1Bw—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; gravelly loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05743; dry when described;. Common very fine roots; common very fine tubular pores, lime is disseminated and also discontinuously coats pebbles.; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; few medium roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221179; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221179

1Bk—23 to 50 centimeters (9.1 to 19.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, moist; gravelly loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 55 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05744; dry when described;. Many very fine roots; common very fine tubular pores; lime is disseminated and also discontinuously coats pebbles; approximately 5% of horizon is strongly cemented by lime, cemented masses average about 7 cm in diameter.; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on rock fragments; few medium roots throughout; many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221180; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221180

1Bkm—50 to 107 centimeters (19.7 to 42.1 inches); indurated by carbonates; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 86P05745. Indurated lime hardpan, i.e. petrocalcic; discontinuous 1 to 2 mm thick laminar cap on hardpan.