IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pavant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT021001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT021001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44863
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 4
  • Location Description: Iron County on the Coyote Bench seeding 200 yards south of Beaver Iron County line and 1/4 mile west of Forest and BLM boundary fence.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gordon Crandall and Garth Leishman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Petrocalcic Palexerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pavant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pavant
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: intermediate and basic alluvium derived from igneous rock
  • Landform: old alluvial fan
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12AA171G8
  • 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

    AGCR

    ARTR2

    ELELB2

    JUNIP

    LUVO2

    PSSP6

    Agropyron cristatum

    Artemisia tridentata

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Juniperus

    Lupinus volutans

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    crested wheatgrass

    big sagebrush

    squirreltail

    juniper

    pinyon lupine

    bluebunch wheatgrass

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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

    3.5

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    2103

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    270

    330

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    110

    8.9

    20

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; cobbly loam; weak thin platy, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 74C00599. 5% hardpan fragments; noncalcareous
    B2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 74C00600. 10% hardpan fragments; moderately calcareous
    Cac1—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 74C00601. 20% hardpan fragments; strongly calcareous
    Cacm2—35 to 43 centimeters (13.8 to 16.9 inches); cemented material; strongly coherent by carbonates; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00602
    Cacm3—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); cemented material; indurated by carbonates; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00603