IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saltair
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2019UT011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958UT011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0963
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34022
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.8466667
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9444444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: about 1,700 feet north and 1,200 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: about 4.3 miles southwest of Bountiful
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT011—Davis
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT607—Davis-Weber Area, Utah
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40111-G8—Salt Lake City North, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Austin Erickson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Aquisalids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltair (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saltair
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    salic horizon

    endosaturation

    0—18

    0—152

    0—152

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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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    Az—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07242
    Czg1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07243
    Czg2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07244
    Czg3—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); pale yellow (5Y 8/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07245
    Czg4—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07246
    2Czg5—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; common (2.0) fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07247
    2Czg6—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; 21 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; common (2.0) fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A07248