IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Demner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93UT041003
  • User Pedon ID: 93UT041003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93UT041003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0799
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66142
  • Print Date: 4/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 26 S.
  • Range: 1 E.
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet east and 400 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 1 mile south and 1 mile east of Koosharem Reservoir
  • Map Unit: 121—Demner, dry-Vicking complex, 2 to 25 percent slopes
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT041—Sevier
  • MLRA: 47—Wasatch and Uinta Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT628—Sevier County Area, Utah
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38111-E7—Burrville, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: VLP, LC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Demner
  • PSC - 10 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Demner
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from igneous rock
  • 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: 20.00 percent nonflat indurated 2- to 75-millimeter igneous, unspecified, 1.00 percent nonflat indurated 250- to 600-millimeter igneous, unspecified, 10.00 percent nonflat indurated 75- to 250-millimeter igneous, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1993 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGCR

    ARTRV

    ARTRW8

    Agropyron cristatum

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis

    crested wheatgrass

    mountain big sagebrush

    Wyoming big sagebrush

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—21

    10—51

    51—80

    —21—

    —41—

    —29—
    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

    6

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    2193

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    315

    330

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    6

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    7

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; cobbly sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 19 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05539
    Bt1—10 to 21 centimeters (3.9 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-28-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05540. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 465594; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 465594
    Bt2—21 to 51 centimeters (8.3 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 24 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05541. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 465878; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 465878
    Bk—51 to 80 centimeters (20.1 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent prominent carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 54 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P05542. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 391669; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 391669
    C1—80 to 115 centimeters (31.5 to 45.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely stony loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 38 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P05543
    C2—115 to 160 centimeters (45.3 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 47 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride. Lab sample # 93P05544