IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Abbott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT027061
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT027061
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968UT027061
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43817
  • 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: 39.3161125
  • Std. Longitude: -112.8041687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: northeast 1/4 of northeast 1/4 of Sec
  • Location Description: 50 feet south of old highway
  • 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 61
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Abbott
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: delta plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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

    1

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    1387

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    203

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    11.1

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); pale red (2.5YR 6/2), pale red (2.5YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium platy parts to weak subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00229
    A12—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); pale red (2.5YR 6/2), pale red (2.5YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00229
    C1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), pale red (2.5YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; 1 percent dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 70C00230
    C1.5—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), pale red (2.5YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; 1 percent dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 70C00231
    C2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00232
    C2.5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00233