IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021003
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0082
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44716
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.8894463
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3255539
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 6 miles northwest of Iron Springs along the Antelope road
  • 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 and party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Haploxerollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - DR
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: old dissected alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3AA111F4
  • 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

    BRTE

    HAGL

    SALSO

    SPCR

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Halogeton glomeratus

    Salsola

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    saltlover

    Russian thistle

    sand dropseed

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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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    1670

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    45

    254

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    130

    9

    21

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak thick platy, and weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00561. noncalcareous
    A12—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; weak thick platy, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00562. noncalcareous
    Bt2—11 to 31 centimeters (4.3 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00563. noncalcareous
    Bac3—31 to 41 centimeters (12.2 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00564. moderately calcareous
    Cac1—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; weakly coherent cemented carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00565. strongly calcareous
    2Cac2—79 to 105 centimeters (31.1 to 41.3 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00566. strongly calcareous
    2Cac3—105 to 129 centimeters (41.3 to 50.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 33 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00567. strongly calcareous
    2Cac4—129 to 150 centimeters (50.8 to 59.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 33 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00568. moderately calcareous
    3C5—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 73C00569. slightly calcareous