IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheelon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991UT005002
  • User Pedon ID: 91UT005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64354
  • 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: 41.8811111
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0397186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 3000 feet W and 2550 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT005—Cache

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcixerollic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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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    1530

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00810. many carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk1—20 to 66 centimeters (7.9 to 26.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00811. many carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00812. many carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk3—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silt loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00813. many carbonate concretions concentrations
    Bk4—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; silt loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00814. many carbonate concretions concentrations