IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0080
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44714
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: One mile southwest of Lunt roadside park on U. S. 91 north of Paragonah
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT634—Iron-Washington Area, Utah, Parts of Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Olsen, Crandall & party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Xerollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bullion
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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
  • Bedrock: limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3HH22183
  • 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

    ATCO

    SARCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Sarcobatus

    shadscale saltbush

    greasewood

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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

    3

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    1765

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    315

    241

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    138

    10

    21

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    A2—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; weak thick platy, and weak thin platy structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00547. strongly calcareous
    Bt21—7 to 27 centimeters (2.8 to 10.6 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; thick clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00548. strongly calcareous; continuous - phpvsfiid 290192; continuous - phpvsfiid 290192
    Bt22—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; thin clay films on all faces of peds and thin clay films on surfaces along pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00549. strongly calcareous; continuous - phpvsfiid 290193; continuous - phpvsfiid 290194; continuous - phpvsfiid 290193; continuous - phpvsfiid 290194
    B3—43 to 77 centimeters (16.9 to 30.3 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00550. strongly calcareous
    2Btb21—77 to 93 centimeters (30.3 to 36.6 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00551. strongly calcareous
    2Bt22—93 to 119 centimeters (36.6 to 46.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; thick clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00552. strongly calcareous; continuous - phpvsfiid 290195; continuous - phpvsfiid 290195
    2Cb—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9. Lab sample # 73C00553. strongly calcareous