IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boxelder
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990UT027005
  • User Pedon ID: 90UT027005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62969
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.9233322
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3936081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet W and 600 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT027—Millard
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Terry Dallin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, carbonatic, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxelder
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxelder
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, carbonatic, mesic Xerollic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—13

    13—48

    48—145

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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

    —

    —

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    1458

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    30

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    —

    10

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    11

    22

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06371. many very fine and fine roots
    Bw—10 to 46 centimeters (3.9 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06372. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06373. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk2—66 to 124 centimeters (26.0 to 48.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 11 percent cylindrical insect casts; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06374. many brown (7.5YR 5/4) root channel stains; common insects casts concentrations; few very fine and fine roots
    Bk3—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06375. common prominent 7.5YR54 mottles
    2C—142 to 160 centimeters (55.9 to 63.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent cylindrical insect casts and 11 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06376. common insects casts concentrations; common carbonate threads concentrations