IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clovis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT053005
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT053005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43754
  • 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: 37.0677795
  • Std. Longitude: -113.1038895
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: About 1/2 mile south of Big Plains - Rockville Junction, about 600 feet south and 350 feet east of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: About 1/2 mile south of Big Plains - Rockville Junction.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear Mortensen
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clovis
  • PSC - 20 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    1484

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    12.8

    21.1

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00929
    B21t—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00930
    B22t—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00931
    C1ca—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00932
    C2ca—86 to 150 centimeters (33.9 to 59.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 69C00933