IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bear Basin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994UT005002
  • User Pedon ID: 94UT005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994UT005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0544
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66720
  • 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: 41.7837982
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5557022
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: East, 1100 feet South, NW corner
  • Location Description: Hunsaker SPS.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT005—Cache
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RG
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bear Basin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Boralfic Cryoborolls
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: conglomerate, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1993 (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

    AGAST

    ARTRV

    BRMA4

    DELPH

    GERAN

    RUDBE

    Agastache

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Bromus marginatus

    Delphinium

    Geranium

    Rudbeckia

    giant hyssop

    mountain big sagebrush

    mountain brome

    larkspur

    geranium

    coneflower

    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

    30.5

    2256

    270

    508

    14.4

    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Decomposing leaves, grass, and twigs.
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P03828
    A2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P03829
    Bt—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P03830
    Bt\E—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; 19 percent clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P03831
    E—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P03832
    Btb—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; clay; 55 percent clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P03833. patchy - phpvsfiid 176395; patchy - phpvsfiid 176395
    Bt\Eb—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; sandy clay loam; 35 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P03834. patchy - phpvsfiid 192139; patchy - phpvsfiid 192139