IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Showalter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT017010
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT017010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968UT017010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42965
  • 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: 37.7258339
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2236099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 500 feet west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Paunsaugunt Soil Survey Area, Utah.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT017—Garfield
  • MLRA: 47—Wasatch and Uinta Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT636—Panguitch Area, Parts of Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Piute Counties, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Mitchell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Showalter
  • PSC - 28 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: pediment
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1968 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARNO4

    CHRYS9

    Artemisia nova

    Chrysothamnus

    black sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

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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

    1

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    2438

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    180

    406

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    6.1

    16.7

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00225
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00226
    B1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00227
    B2t—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 fine to coarse interstitial pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00228
    B3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 coarse interstitial pores; 10 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00229
    C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 coarse interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00230
    C2—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 coarse interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00231