IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WALES
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT021004
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT021004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT021004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44868
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 36S
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Iron County, Utah; about 1 1/2 miles northeast of New Castle.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Erickson, Crandall and party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Xeric Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WALES
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wales
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from igneous rock and/or alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: alluvial fan, 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: 2HH66J7
  • 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

    ACHY

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    CHVIL4

    ELELB2

    KOCHI

    SALSO

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Kochia

    Salsola

    Indian ricegrass

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    yellow rabbitbrush

    squirreltail

    molly

    Russian thistle

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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

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    1597

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    315

    254

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    135

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    21.1

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00639. moderately calcareous
    Ap2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate 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 tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00640. moderately calcareous
    C1—23 to 35 centimeters (9.1 to 13.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00641. moderately calcareous
    C2—35 to 43 centimeters (13.8 to 16.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00642. moderately calcareous
    C3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00643. moderately calcareous
    Ab1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate thin platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00644. moderately calcareous
    C5—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00645. slightly calcareous
    C6—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00646. moderately calcareous
    C7—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00647. moderately calcareous
    2C8—135 to 145 centimeters (53.1 to 57.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00648. moderately calcareous
    3C9—145 to 158 centimeters (57.1 to 62.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # 74C00649. moderately calcareous