IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harrisburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT053009
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT053009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969UT053009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0185
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43758
  • 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: 37.1549988
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2558365
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 400 feet south and 350 feet west of the east 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile southwest of Dixie Springs hydroponics plant.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear Mortensen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harrisburg
  • PSC - 25 to 79 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

    PLEUR12

    Pleuraphis

    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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    963

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    279

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    15.6

    26.7

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00947
    C1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00948
    C2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00949
    C3—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00950
    C4ca—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00951. (Not sampled)
    C5cam—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches); indurated; fragments. indurated hardpan.