IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harkers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT035009
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT035009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967UT035009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42905
  • 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: 40.6033325
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1333313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: about 1,530 feet east and 2,385 feet south of the northwest corner. About 4.5 miles west from Bingham-Magna Highway along KCPX Tower Road and 500 feet west of the slope from this road.
  • 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 #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harkers
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1967 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHIL

    BRTE

    Achillea

    Bromus tectorum

    yarrow

    cheatgrass

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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

    10

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    1951

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    90

    635

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    7.2

    18.3

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00286
    A12—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00287
    A13—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; clay films; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00288. patchy - phpvsfiid 187749; patchy - phpvsfiid 187749
    B1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00289. continuous - phpvsfiid 187750; continuous - phpvsfiid 187750
    B2t—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00290. continuous - phpvsfiid 187745; continuous - phpvsfiid 187745
    B21t—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00291. continuous - phpvsfiid 187746; continuous - phpvsfiid 187746
    IIB31—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 30 percent clay films; 40 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00292. patchy - phpvsfiid 187747; patchy - phpvsfiid 187747
    IIB32—145 to 180 centimeters (57.1 to 70.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00293
    IIC1—180 to 213 centimeters (70.9 to 83.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 50 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 67C00294