IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44875
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Near Utah Argiculture Experiment Station on the Levan Ridge.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT023—Juab
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John L. Swenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aridic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nephi
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    2

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    1597

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    270

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    120

    9.4

    21.1

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00681. slightly calcareous
    Bt21—22 to 43 centimeters (8.7 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00682. slightly calcareous
    Bt22—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent thick clay films; carbonate, finely disseminated and 10 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00683. moderately calcareous
    Bac31—58 to 77 centimeters (22.8 to 30.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine low-continuity pores; 30 percent thick clay films; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00684. strongly calcareous
    Bac32—77 to 106 centimeters (30.3 to 41.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent thin clay films; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent medium carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00685. strongly calcareous
    Cac1—106 to 152 centimeters (41.7 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00686. strongly calcareous
    2C2—152 to 170 centimeters (59.8 to 66.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 74C00687. strongly calcareous