IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021008
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44721
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Township: 39S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: about one mile east of Thorley Point
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT634—Iron-Washington Area, Utah, Parts of Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Olsen, Crandall, Leishman, & Donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Mollic Eutroboralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kk
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13K27D2
  • 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

    AMELA

    POA

    QUGA

    SYMPH

    Amelanchier

    Poa

    Quercus gambelii

    Symphoricarpos

    serviceberry

    bluegrass

    Gambel oak

    snowberry

    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

    33

    2286

    135

    432

    100

    6.4

    17

    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; cobbly loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 medium interstitial pores; 23 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00599. noncalcareous
    B1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; cobbly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 23 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00600. noncalcareous
    Bt21—7 to 43 centimeters (2.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00601. noncalcareous
    Bt22—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 micro and 0.5 fine and medium pores; 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00602. noncalcareous
    Bt23—63 to 94 centimeters (24.8 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 micro tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00603. noncalcareous
    B31—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 micro tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00604. noncalcareous
    B32—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # 73C00605. noncalcareous