IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Uvada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT027056
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT027056
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968UT027056
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43821
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.2402763
  • Std. Longitude: -112.8255539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: Northeast 1/4
  • Location Description: 9 miles west and 3 miles south of Deseret
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT027—Millard
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT632—Delta Area, Utah - Part of Millard County

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Crandall and H. Maxwell
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 56
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Uvada
  • PSC - 4 to 17 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: delta
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ATCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    shadscale saltbush

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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

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    1378

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    203

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    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak medium, and weak thin platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00250
    A2&B2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00251
    B21t—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong thin subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00252. continuous - phpvsfiid 187865; continuous - phpvsfiid 187865
    B22t—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00253. continuous - phpvsfiid 187864; continuous - phpvsfiid 187864
    B3t—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00254. continuous - phpvsfiid 187862; continuous - phpvsfiid 187862
    B3t—38 to 43 centimeters (15.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00255. continuous - phpvsfiid 187863; continuous - phpvsfiid 187863
    C1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary.
    C2—64 to 119 centimeters (25.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    C3sa—119 to 165 centimeters (46.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, unspecified.