IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ASHDOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971UT021005
  • User Pedon ID: S1971UT021005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971UT021005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0137
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44071
  • 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: 37.6749763
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0646820
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Iron County, Utah. South side of the Mountain Bell Telephone Office building in Cedar City
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT634—Iron-Washington Area, Utah, Parts of Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Xeric Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ASHDOWN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ae
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4HH205J7
  • 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

    Artemisia

    Bromus tectorum

    sagebrush

    cheatgrass

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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

    315

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    1787

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    3

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    135

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00834
    C1—15 to 64 centimeters (5.9 to 25.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00835
    C2—64 to 112 centimeters (25.2 to 44.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00836
    C3—112 to 150 centimeters (44.1 to 59.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00837
    C4—150 to 215 centimeters (59.1 to 84.6 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00838
    C5—215 to 300 centimeters (84.6 to 118.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), 5YR 4/5 (5YR 4/5), moist; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 72C00839