IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashdown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972UT021010
  • User Pedon ID: S1972UT021010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972UT021010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44057
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 37S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: .4 mile northeast of Graff farm house and yards.
  • 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: Crandall and Leishman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Xeric Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashdown
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - As
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4HH116B11
  • 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

    ARTR2

    ATCA2

    PASM

    Artemisia tridentata

    Atriplex canescens

    Pascopyrum smithii

    big sagebrush

    fourwing saltbush

    western wheatgrass

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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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    1686

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    270

    279

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    140

    10

    21.1

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak thin platy, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00735. moderately calcareous
    A12—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00736. moderately calcareous
    C1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00737. moderately calcareous
    C2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00738. moderately calcareous
    C3—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00739. moderately calcareous
    C4—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00740. moderately calcareous
    C5—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 72C00741. moderately calcareous