IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021011
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0090
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44724
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 37S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: About .7 miles south of junction of Clark turnoff on Kolob road, Cedar Mountain
  • 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, montmorillonitic Cryic Pachic Paleborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sk
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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: 3HH55E9
  • 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

    ASTER

    POPR

    TARAX

    Aster

    Poa pratensis

    Taraxacum

    aster

    Kentucky bluegrass

    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

    4

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    2850

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    90

    572

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    60

    2.2

    12.2

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00619. noncalcareous
    A12—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00620. noncalcareous
    B1—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 73C00621. noncalcareous
    Bt21—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; strong coarse prismatic, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent thick clay films; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00622. noncalcareous
    Bt22—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; strong coarse prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent thick clay films; 8 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00623. matrix intertongued; noncalcareous
    Bt23—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent thick clay films; 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # 73C00624. noncalcareous