IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheelon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991UT005003
  • User Pedon ID: 91UT005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0113
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64352
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.7625008
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0316696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet E and 3000 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT005—Cache
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT603—Cache Valley Area, Parts of Cache and Box Elder Counties, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ray Grow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcixerollic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheelon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheelon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcixerollic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1991 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—23

    23—188

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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

    12

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    1554

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    225

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00794
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00795
    Bk1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; strong medium platy parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00796. Disseminated lime. 1% krotovina - 8 cm.
    Bk2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse platy parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00797. 1% krotovina - 8 cm. Pores coated with CO3. Disseminated lime.
    Bk3—58 to 145 centimeters (22.8 to 57.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00798. 92P0799. Continuous lime coats - 1 mm.
    Bk4—145 to 188 centimeters (57.1 to 74.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00800. Continuous lime coats - 1 mm.
    C—188 to 208 centimeters (74.0 to 81.9 inches); white (5Y 8/1), pale yellow (5Y 8/2), moist; sand; 2 percent clay; 1 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/3) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00801