IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sielo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT025002
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT025002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968UT025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0042
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42967
  • 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: 37.4500008
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3861084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet N and 100 feet E of center
  • Location Description: Kane County. Paunsaugunt Soil Survey Area, Utah.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT025—Kane
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sielo
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1968 (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

    ARCTO3

    Arctostaphylos

    manzanita

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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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    2743

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    180

    508

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    8.9

    15

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    O1&O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 68C00241. discontinuous slightly to well decomposed litter.
    A2—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 68C00242
    A&B—18 to 39 centimeters (7.1 to 15.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00243. mixed A2 and B2t horizons with about 80 percent A2 and 20 percent B2t.
    B21t—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; organic stains and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00244. A2 tonguing into B2 along a few vertical ped faces.
    B22t—49 to 64 centimeters (19.3 to 25.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; organic stains on faces of peds and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00245
    B23t—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 fine interstitial pores; organic stains on faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00246
    B31t—74 to 110 centimeters (29.1 to 43.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; organic stains on faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; carbonate nodules; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00247
    B32t—110 to 140 centimeters (43.3 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8), light red (2.5YR 6/8), dry; gravelly clay loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; carbonate nodules; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 68C00248