IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pastura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT053004
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT053004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT053004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0049
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43830
  • 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: 37.3297234
  • Std. Longitude: -113.8022232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: Tobin wash area, near the north 1/4 corner
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear L. Mortensen
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pastura
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1970 (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

    CORA

    Coleogyne ramosissima

    blackbrush

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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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    1219

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    330

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    15

    26.1

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00290. lime is disseminated
    C1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00291. lime is disseminated
    C2ca—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00292. lime is disseminated
    C3cam—46 to 51 centimeters (18.1 to 20.1 inches); weakly coherent by carbonates; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00293. carbonate cemented hardpan (indurated).