IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elzinga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT005003
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43576
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.5675011
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9477768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south of the east 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: Cache Soil Survey Area, Utah. ; 4 miles south of Wellsville, UT in McMurdie Hollow.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT005—Cache
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT603—Cache Valley Area, Parts of Cache and Box Elder Counties, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. B. Campbell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elzinga
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1968 (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
    • 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

    32

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    1719

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    0

    610

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    7.2

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    O1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. matted decaying leaves, twigs, etc. (not sampled).
    A11—8 to 31 centimeters (3.1 to 12.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00909
    A12—31 to 54 centimeters (12.2 to 21.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00910
    A13—54 to 87 centimeters (21.3 to 34.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00911
    A21—87 to 112 centimeters (34.3 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00912. A1 horizon material that has refilled rodent burrows.
    A22—112 to 138 centimeters (44.1 to 54.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00913
    A2&B2t—138 to 168 centimeters (54.3 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; clay films; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00914. the A2 and B2t portions were not separated since pure portions of each were in fine mesh.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187219; patchy - phpvsfiid 187219
    B21t—168 to 191 centimeters (66.1 to 75.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00915. continuous - phpvsfiid 187220; continuous - phpvsfiid 187220
    B22t—191 to 232 centimeters (75.2 to 91.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; cobbly clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 68C00916. continuous - phpvsfiid 187215; continuous - phpvsfiid 187215