IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Winkel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT053001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT053001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT053001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43827
  • 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: 37.1380539
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5650024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42S
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: In the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile northwest of the St. George City garbage dump.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear L. Mortensen
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Winkel
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mesa
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1970 (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

    OPUNT

    PLEUR12

    Opuntia

    Pleuraphis

    pricklypear

    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

    3

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    975

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    203

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    16.7

    26.7

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00275. lime is disseminated
    C1—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak, and moderate thick platy parts to fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and medium pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00276. lime is disseminated
    C2ca—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00277. lime is disseminated
    C3ca—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 60 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00278. lime is disseminated
    C4cam—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); indurated by carbonates; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00279. carbonate cemented hardpan (indurated).