IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dry Creek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT035008
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT035008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42903
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 40.5930557
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0758362
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1,320 feet east and 900 feet south of N. W. corner. 50 feet north of KCPX TV Tower road, 100 feet west of railroad.
  • Location Description: Salt Lake Soil Survey Area, Utah.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT035—Salt Lake
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT612—Salt Lake Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dry Creek
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1967 (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

    5

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    1615

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    90

    483

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    8.3

    22.2

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00268
    A12—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium parts to fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00269
    B1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00270. continuous - phpvsfiid 187751; continuous - phpvsfiid 187751
    B2t—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 67C00271. continuous - phpvsfiid 187752; continuous - phpvsfiid 187752
    B3ca—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to strong angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00272. continuous - phpvsfiid 187753; continuous - phpvsfiid 187753
    C1ca—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 8/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00273. patchy - phpvsfiid 187748; patchy - phpvsfiid 187748
    C2ca—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear boundary. Lab sample # 67C00274
    C3ca—137 to 175 centimeters (53.9 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00275
    IIC4ca—175 to 208 centimeters (68.9 to 81.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00276
    IIIC5ca—208 to 239 centimeters (81.9 to 94.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 67C00277