IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021009
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0088
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44722
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 38S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Cedar Mountain along road to Kolob; about 700 feet north of Washington-Iron County line
  • 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
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Landform: mountain plateau
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11AA42E6
  • 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

    ACHNA

    PHOTI

    POA

    SYMPH

    TARAX

    Achnatherum

    Photinia

    Poa

    Symphoricarpos

    Taraxacum

    needlegrass

    chokeberry

    bluegrass

    snowberry

    dandelion

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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

    5

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    2819

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    90

    572

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    60

    2.2

    13.9

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    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak thin platy, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00606. noncalcareous
    B11—12 to 46 centimeters (4.7 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00607. noncalcareous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 293071; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 293071
    B12—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00608. noncalcareous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 293072; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 293072
    Bt2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 73C00609. noncalcareous; continuous - phpvsfiid 293073; continuous - phpvsfiid 293073
    B31—99 to 145 centimeters (39.0 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00610. noncalcareous
    B32—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; thick clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 73C00611. noncalcareous