IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT017002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44710
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 38.0647240
  • Std. Longitude: -112.4236145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 6 miles north, 1 mile west of Bear Valley Junction
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT017—Garfield
  • MLRA: 47—Wasatch and Uinta Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT636—Panguitch Area, Parts of Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Piute Counties, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, montmorillonitic Typic Argiborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zl
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: basic and intermediate igneous rock
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1973 (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

    ARAR8

    CHVIL4

    POA

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus

    Poa

    little sagebrush

    yellow rabbitbrush

    bluegrass

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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

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    2301

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    381

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    5.6

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very cobbly loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00520
    B1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00521
    Bt21—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; thin clay films; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00522. continuous - phpvsfiid 293399; continuous - phpvsfiid 293399
    Bt22—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; thin clay films and carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00523. patchy - phpvsfiid 293400; patchy - phpvsfiid 293400
    Cac1—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very cobbly sand; massive; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00524. matrix is noncalcareous but thre are lime flecks on bottom of rock fragments
    Cac2—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very cobbly sand; massive; slightly hard, loose, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00525. matrix is noncalcareous but has 1/8 to 3 inch horizons that are strongly calcareous and strong and weakly cemented
    C3—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weakly coherent; fragments. Lab sample # 73C00526. matrix is noncalcareous but has 1/8 to 3 inch horizons that are strongly calcareous and strong and weakly cemented