IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tobler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT053002
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT053002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969UT053002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0178
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43751
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.1741486
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6796951
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41S
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1,200 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 1 mile east of Ivins
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear L. Mortensen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tobler
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1969 (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

    BRTE

    OPUNT

    PLEUR12

    Bromus tectorum

    Opuntia

    Pleuraphis

    cheatgrass

    pricklypear

    galleta grass

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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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    914

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    279

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    15.6

    26.7

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 3.0 interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00911. lime is disseminated
    C1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00912. lime is disseminated
    C2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00913. lime is disseminated
    C3ca—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate nodules; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00914. lime is disseminated and segregated in few soft nodules.
    C4—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00915. lime is disseminated
    IIC5—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine and 0.5 pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00916. lime is disseminated
    IIIC6—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. lime is disseminated