IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): St. George
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT053011
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT053011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43837
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.1674995
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2963867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1,500 feet west and 1,200 feet south of the northeast corner
  • 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 #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - St. George
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    990

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    279

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    15.6

    26.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00336. lime is disseminated
    C1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00337. lime is disseminated
    C2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00338. lime is disseminated
    C3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00339. lime is disseminated
    C4—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00340. lime is disseminated
    C5—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00341. lime is disseminated
    C6—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 21 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00342. lime is disseminated