IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arapien
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S07UT039001
  • User Pedon ID: S07UT039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S07UT039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0490
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19133
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 39.4019432
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9505768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT627—Sanpete Valley Area, Utah, Parts of Utah and Sanpete Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, carbonatic, mesic Xeric Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arapien
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, carbonatic, mesic Xeric Haplocalcids
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium over sandstone and/or shale and/or limestone
  • Landscape: valley mountains
  • Landform: fan piedmont
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Arepean formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/2007 ()
  • 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

    BRASS2

    BRTE

    SAVE4

    Brassica

    Bromus tectorum

    Sarcobatus vermiculatus

    mustard

    cheatgrass

    greasewood

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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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    1676

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    2126

    Ephraim

    SCAN
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 07N03184
    Bw—3 to 22 centimeters (1.2 to 8.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 07N03185
    Bk1—22 to 36 centimeters (8.7 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky; distinct sand coats and 10 percent distinct clay films; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 07N03186
    Bk2—36 to 73 centimeters (14.2 to 28.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 07N03187
    C—73 to 200 centimeters (28.7 to 78.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; clay loam; massive; moderately hard, very firm, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 07N03188