IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT023002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT023002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44876
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.6238403
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8632813
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2150 feet west and 2600 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 5 miles south of Nephi, 200 feet west of US Highway 91.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT023—Juab
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. D. Nettleton, A. J. Erickson, J. L. Swenson, R. Fish, K. Kler, D. T. Hall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aridic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2010
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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

    2

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    1628

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    270

    330

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    120

    9.4

    21.1

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 medium and coarse pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00688. slightly calcareous
    Bt21—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00689. moderately calcareous
    Bt22—43 to 59 centimeters (16.9 to 23.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses and threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00690. strongly calcareous
    Batc23—59 to 78 centimeters (23.2 to 30.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse pores; threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00691. strongly calcareous
    Bac31—78 to 101 centimeters (30.7 to 39.8 inches); silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00692. strongly calcareous
    Bac32—101 to 125 centimeters (39.8 to 49.2 inches); silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00693. strongly calcareous
    C—125 to 158 centimeters (49.2 to 62.2 inches); silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 74C00694. strongly calcareous