IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MESPUN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993UT053001
  • User Pedon ID: 93UT053001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993UT053001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0409
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66589
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.2652779
  • Std. Longitude: -113.3227768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 2200 feet east of the NW corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • MLRA: 35—Colorado Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MESPUN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mespun
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Ustic Torripsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/1993
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHY

    EPVI

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Ephedra viridis

    Indian ricegrass

    mormon tea

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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

    2

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    1128

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    279

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02631
    C1—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02632
    C2—28 to 79 centimeters (11.0 to 31.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02633
    C3—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02634
    C4—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P02635