IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atepic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039003
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43804
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.2747231
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7658310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: about 3,000 feet north and 400 feet west of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Near head of Mellor Canyon on the West Mountain.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT627—Sanpete Valley Area, Utah, Parts of Utah and Sanpete Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Swenson, B. Brasher, D. Nettleton, J. Shiozaki, R. Tew, M. Olsen
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atepic
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1970 (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

    ACHY

    ARTEM

    JUNIP

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia

    Juniperus

    Indian ricegrass

    sagebrush

    juniper

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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

    20

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    1926

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    180

    305

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    8.3

    18.3

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00143. lime is disseminated.
    A12—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00144. lime is disseminated.
    C1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00145. lime is disseminated.
    C2ca—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) and light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00146. lime is disseminated and in fine nodules.
    C3—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.0 pores; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00147. lime is coated on shale fragments and in shale.
    C4—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), dry; massive; 0.5 fine roots; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00148. lime is coated on shale fragments and in shale.
    C5—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 70C00149. soft shale