IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Billings
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993UT041002
  • User Pedon ID: 93UT041002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993UT041002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0798
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66141
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 38.8383331
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8850021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sage Flat, about 3 1/2 miles east of Sigurd.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT041—Sevier
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT628—Sevier County Area, Utah
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38111-G8—Sigurd, Utah
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: VLP, LC
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Billings
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1993
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 34 percent of Percent clay in


  • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    ORHY

    SALSO

    SIHY

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Oryzopsis hymenoides

    Salsola

    Sitanion hystrix

    Indian ricegrass

    Russian thistle

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    gypsic horizon

    0—12

    82—97

    —-

    —-

    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

    5

    1781

    180

    250

    9

    10

    Sigurd UPAL

    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05529
    Bw1—12 to 43 centimeters (4.7 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak thin platy, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05530. split for sampling; 12-25 cm Bw1 93P5530 and 25-43 cm Bw1 93P5531
    Bw2—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent fine threadlike gypsum threads and 1 percent fine irregular gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05532
    Bw3—63 to 82 centimeters (24.8 to 32.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent fine threadlike gypsum threads and 1 percent fine irregular gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05533
    Cy1—82 to 97 centimeters (32.3 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent fine and medium threadlike gypsum threads and 20 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05534
    Cy2—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum masses and 30 percent fine and medium threadlike gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05535
    Cy3—130 to 175 centimeters (51.2 to 68.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent fine and medium threadlike gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red. Lab sample # 93P05536
    C1—175 to 254 centimeters (68.9 to 100.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent fine and medium threadlike gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red. Lab sample # 93P05537. auger sample
    C2—254 to 300 centimeters (100.0 to 118.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine and medium threadlike gypsum threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red. Lab sample # 93P05538. auger sample