IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluffdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT035002
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42896
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 40.5855560
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9594421
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: about 2,210 feet east, 1,870 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 2,800 West and 9,200 South
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT035—Salt Lake
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT612—Salt Lake Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Harvey, M. E. Olsen, L. Woodward
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluffdale
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    1

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    1370

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    90

    356

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    9.4

    21.7

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00211
    Ap2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse parts to weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00212. patchy - phpvsfiid 187767; patchy - phpvsfiid 187767
    B2t—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00213. continuous - phpvsfiid 187768; continuous - phpvsfiid 187768
    B3t—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00214. continuous - phpvsfiid 187769; continuous - phpvsfiid 187769
    IIC1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate thick platy parts to moderate angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00215
    IIC2—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); pale yellow (5Y 8/2), pale yellow (5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; thick platy parts to moderate angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00216
    IIIC3—173 to 185 centimeters (68.1 to 72.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; gravelly sand; massive parts to single grain; weakly cemented; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00217
    IVC4—185 to 193 centimeters (72.8 to 76.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), pale yellow (5Y 8/2), dry; sand; single grain; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00218
    VC5—193 to 216 centimeters (76.0 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 67C00219