IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harrisburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT053003
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT053003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969UT053003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43752
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 37.0333328
  • Std. Longitude: -113.4886093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43S
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1,600 feet south and 1,600 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 2 miles east of old St. George airport.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Landform: mesa
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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

    ATRIP

    PLEUR12

    Atriplex

    Pleuraphis

    saltbush

    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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    884

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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); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00917
    C1—5 to 41 centimeters (2.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00918
    C2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00919
    C3—66 to 90 centimeters (26.0 to 35.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00920
    C4cam—90 to 109 centimeters (35.4 to 42.9 inches); indurated; fragments. Lab sample # 69C00921. indurated hardpan.