IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Naplene
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT053013
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT053013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT053013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43839
  • 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: 37.1988907
  • Std. Longitude: -113.1222229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1,300 feet east and 350 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 3 1/4 miles east of Virgin.
  • 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 #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Naplene
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1970
  • 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: 9/17/1970 (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

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    PLEUR12

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Pleuraphis

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    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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    1259

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    279

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    11.1

    23.9

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; moderate thin, and moderate thick platy parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00349. a surface crust about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick has vesicular porosity; lime is disseminated
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00350. lime is disseminated
    C1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 10 percent coats; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00351. lime is disseminated, but also occurs as a thin coating on the undersides of the few rock fragments.
    C2—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 10 percent coats; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00352. lime is disseminated but also occurs as a thin coating on the undersides of the few pebbles.
    C3—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00353. lime is disseminated but also occurs in a few soft nodules and filaments.
    C4—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00354. lime is disseminated but also occurs in a few soft nodules and filaments.
    C5—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00355. lime is disseminated but also occurs in a few soft nodules and filaments.