IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Naplene
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT053014
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT053014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT053014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43840
  • 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: 37.4835892
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2244110
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2,100 feet west and 525 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 600 feet northwest of the New Harmony interchange on I-15
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT636—Panguitch Area, Parts of Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Piute Counties, 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 #: 14
  • 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

    ARTEM

    BRTE

    JUNIP

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    Juniperus

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    juniper

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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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    1585

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    381

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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; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00356. lime is disseminated
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate thick platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00357. lime is disseminated
    C1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00358. lime is disseminated
    C2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00359. lime is disseminated
    C3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00360. lime is disseminated
    C4—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00361. lime is disseminated
    C5—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00362. lime is disseminated and veined