IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kearns
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988UT027004
  • User Pedon ID: 88UT027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0889
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61007
  • 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: 39.0946808
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0713348
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet S and 500 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT027—Millard

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.J.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kearns
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kearns
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (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
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    1845

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    45

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    1A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    1A2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    1Bw—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1Bk1—66 to 124 centimeters (26.0 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04803. few very fine and fine roots
    1Bk2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. few very fine roots