IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harkers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT035011
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT035011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967UT035011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42906
  • 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: 40.5957718
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1082993
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: about 1,700 feet west and 120 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: One-half mile west of railroad grade 2 3/4 mile west of Magna-Bingham Highway, along KCPX TV Tower Road and 300 feet north of road northwest of old corral. Salt Lake Soil Survey Area, Utah. Published R3W, descriptions fits R2W
  • 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • 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

    BRTE

    GRIND

    Bromus tectorum

    Grindelia

    cheatgrass

    gumweed

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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

    5

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    1768

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    45

    635

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    7.2

    18.3

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium platy parts to fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00295
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium platy parts to fine platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00296
    A13—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00297. patchy - phpvsfiid 187476; patchy - phpvsfiid 187476
    B1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00298
    B21t—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00299. continuous - phpvsfiid 187477; continuous - phpvsfiid 187477
    B22t—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00300. patchy - phpvsfiid 187478; patchy - phpvsfiid 187478
    B31ca—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00301. patchy - phpvsfiid 187479; patchy - phpvsfiid 187479
    B32ca—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; clay films; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 67C00302. patchy - phpvsfiid 187480; patchy - phpvsfiid 187480
    C1ca—152 to 198 centimeters (59.8 to 78.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00303
    C2—198 to 213 centimeters (78.0 to 83.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 67C00304