IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bullion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT021002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT021002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT021002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0105
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44866
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 35S
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Iron County, Utah; 2 miles northeast of Hammon Ranch along the Antelope Road.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Erickson, Crandall and party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bullion
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Uvada
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: old alluvial flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2HH17F2
  • 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

    ATCO

    BRASS2

    ELELB2

    SARCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Brassica

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Sarcobatus

    shadscale saltbush

    mustard

    squirreltail

    greasewood

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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

    1

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    1567

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    0

    229

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    120

    8.3

    21.1

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    A21—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak thick platy, and moderate thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and 21.0 medium vesicular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00619. slightly calcareous
    A22—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00620. slightly calcareous
    Bt21—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00621, 74C00628. lime is segregated in few fine lime accretions; moderately calcareous
    Bt22—41 to 54 centimeters (16.1 to 21.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00622. moderately calcareous
    Bt31—54 to 84 centimeters (21.3 to 33.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00623. moderately calcareous
    Bt32—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00624. moderately calcareous
    Csc1—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00625. moderately calcareous
    C2—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00626. moderately calcareous
    2C3—157 to 192 centimeters (61.8 to 75.6 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 74C00627. slightly calcareous