IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mosdia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S07UT031001
  • User Pedon ID: S07UT031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S07UT031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0489
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19132
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.1513901
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2511139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30 S.
  • Range: 4 W.
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet west and 450 feet north of the southeast corner of
  • Location Description: about 2 miles southeast of Circleville
  • Map Unit: UkC—Mosida loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT031—Piute
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT629—Loa-Marysvale Area, Utah, Parts of Piute, Wayne, and Garfield Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kent Sutcliffe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Xeric Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mosdia
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crestline
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: fan skirt
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

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    Bw

    C1

    C2

    C3

    C4

    C5

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    C8

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    38

    60

    97

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    129

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    172

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

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    Bw

    C1

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    C3

    C4

    C5

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    C7

    C8

    0

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    12

    25

    38

    60

    97

    108

    129

    145

    172

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    38

    60

    97

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    129

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    172

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

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    Bw

    C1

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    C5

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    0

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    60

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    172

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTRT

    ATCA2

    SALSO

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Atriplex canescens

    Salsola

    basin big sagebrush

    fourwing saltbush

    Russian thistle

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
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    ochric epipedon

    0—12

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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

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    2125

    Circleville

    SCAN
    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 29 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03173
    A2—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 57 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03174
    Bw—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03175
    C1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03176
    C2—38 to 60 centimeters (15.0 to 23.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03177
    C3—60 to 97 centimeters (23.6 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 9 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03178
    C4—97 to 108 centimeters (38.2 to 42.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; 83 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 5 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03179
    C5—108 to 129 centimeters (42.5 to 50.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 14 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03180
    C6—129 to 145 centimeters (50.8 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 17 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 17 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03181
    C7—145 to 172 centimeters (57.1 to 67.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 49 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 16 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03182
    C8—172 to 185 centimeters (67.7 to 72.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N03183