IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021004
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44717
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 35S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north of the W 1/4
  • Location Description: About 5 miles west of Iron Springs
  • 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: Crandall and Leishman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kd
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sedimentary rock and/or igneous rock
  • Landform: old alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3AA109B11
  • 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

    ARIST

    ARTR2

    ELELB2

    HECOC8

    PLEUR12

    SPCR

    Aristida

    Artemisia tridentata

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Pleuraphis

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    threeawn

    big sagebrush

    squirreltail

    needle and thread

    galleta grass

    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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    1669

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    45

    254

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    130

    9

    21

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak thin platy, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine and 21.0 micro pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00570. moderately calcareous
    A12—8 to 22 centimeters (3.1 to 8.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00571. moderately calcareous
    B2—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00572. moderately calcareous
    2Cac1—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist; clay loam; massive; firm, weakly coherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 micro pores; weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 73C00573. strongly calcareous
    2Cac2—79 to 120 centimeters (31.1 to 47.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 18 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # 73C00574. strongly calcareous
    2Cac3—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 micro pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 73C00575. moderately calcareous
    3C4—150 to 170 centimeters (59.1 to 66.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 30 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # 73C00576. slightly calcareous