IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluffdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT035003
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT035003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42897
  • 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: 40.6061096
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9708328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1 3/4 miles west of West Jordan at about 8,000 south and 3,400 west, 100 feet west of old Bingham Highway.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT035—Salt Lake
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT612—Salt Lake Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Broderick and J. Kingsbury
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluffdale
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • 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: low
  • Drainage Class: 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

    2

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    1341

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    90

    356

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    10

    21.7

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00220
    B1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00221. continuous - phpvsfiid 187770; continuous - phpvsfiid 187770
    B2t—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00222. continuous - phpvsfiid 187765; continuous - phpvsfiid 187765
    B3ca—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00223. patchy - phpvsfiid 187766; patchy - phpvsfiid 187766
    IIC1ca—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00224
    IIC2—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00225
    IIC3—147 to 196 centimeters (57.9 to 77.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00226
    IIC4—196 to 208 centimeters (77.2 to 81.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00227
    IIIC5—208 to 241 centimeters (81.9 to 94.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 67C00228
    IIIC6—241 centimeters (94.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 67C00229. separated for sampling purposes.