IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atepic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039010
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43805
  • 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: 39.3209000
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7132034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Dry farm area on West Mountain - west of Manti - left fork of Maple Canyon.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT627—Sanpete Valley Area, Utah, Parts of Utah and Sanpete Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Brasher, D. Nettleton, M. Olsen, J. Swenson, D. Beckstrand, C. McKinlay
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atepic
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1970 (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

    JUNIP

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Juniperus

    Indian ricegrass

    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

    15

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    1981

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    180

    305

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    8.3

    18.3

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    A11—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00150. shale fragments as surface mantle; lime is disseminated
    A12—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00151. lime is disseminated
    B2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fine carbonate nodules; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00152. lime is disseminated and in fine nodules.
    C1ca—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate thin platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; noncoherent cemented ; 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00153. lime is disseminated and on shale fragments.
    C2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00154. soft partially decomposed shale
    R1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 70C00155. shale bedrock
    R2—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 70C00156. shale bedrock