IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pastura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT053003
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT053003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT053003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43829
  • 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: 37.2866669
  • Std. Longitude: -113.7177811
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 800 feet west of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 1 1/2 miles S W of Upper Sand Cove Reservoir.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear L. Mortensen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pastura
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1970 (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

    ARTEM

    BRTE

    OPUNT

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    Opuntia

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    pricklypear

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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

    4

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    1335

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    305

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    14.4

    25.6

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak and moderate thick platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00285. lime is disseminated
    C1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00286. lime is disseminated
    C2ca—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00287. lime is disseminated
    C3ca—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00288. lime is concentrated in irregular shaped masses.
    C4cam—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); indurated by carbonates; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00289. carbonate cemented hardpan (indurated).