IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monroe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990UT031001
  • User Pedon ID: 90UT031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62955
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 38.1699982
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2508316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet N and 300 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: About 1 mile E of Circleville. R.5W recorded on description changed to R3W
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT031—Piute
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: V. Parslow
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monroe
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Cumulic Haploxerolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: 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
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    0—64

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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

    1

    —

    —

    183

    —

    23

    —

    —

    8

    —

    —

    9

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    1432

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium platy, and moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06273. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06274. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06275. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    A2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06276. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06277. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    C1—84 to 91 centimeters (33.1 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06278. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    C2—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06279. many thin horizontal bedding planes; few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    C3—104 to 145 centimeters (40.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06280. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    C4—145 to 170 centimeters (57.1 to 66.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P06281. common fine roots