IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manderfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972UT021003
  • User Pedon ID: S1972UT021003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972UT021003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44066
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 140 feet west and 10 feet north of the south 1/4 corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles northeast of junction of Utah Highway 20 with US 91
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT645—Manti-Lasal National Forest, Manti Division - Parts of Sanpete and Emery Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Hutchings, Crandall, Leishman, Donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Aridic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Manderfield
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vc
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from igneous rock
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/22/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12AA131G3
  • 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

    ACHY

    ARIST

    ARTR2

    BOUTE

    ELELB2

    LUAR

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Aristida

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bouteloua

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Lupinus arboreus

    Indian ricegrass

    threeawn

    big sagebrush

    grama

    squirreltail

    yellow bush lupine

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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

    5

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    1908

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    315

    305

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    125

    10

    21.1

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00798. noncalcareous
    Bt21—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00799. noncalcareous
    Bt22—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00800. noncalcareous
    Bac31—36 to 63 centimeters (14.2 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00801. moderately calcareous
    Bac32—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; moderately coherent cemented carbonate masses; 13 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00802. strongly calcareous
    2C1—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 medium pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7. Lab sample # 72C00803. slightly calcareous
    2C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 medium pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7. Lab sample # 72C00804. slightly calcareous