IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheelon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991UT003001
  • User Pedon ID: 91UT003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0117
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64356
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 41.7944450
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0199966
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet E 2500 feet S NW corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT003—Box Elder

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcixerollic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheelon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheelon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcixerollic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1991 (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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    1494

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent carbonate concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00820. common carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk1—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), yellow (10YR 7/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; strong fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00821. common carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk2—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00822. common carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk3—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00823. common carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00824. common carbonate concretions concentrations