IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT023004
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0117
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44878
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: southwest 1/4
  • Location Description: North of Leamington pass road.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT023—Juab
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Swenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, carbonatic, mesic Xerollic Durorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/7/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ip
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    AGROP2

    ARTR2

    CHRYS9

    Agropyron

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus

    wheatgrass

    big sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

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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

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    1609

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    289

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    115

    9.4

    20

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00704. moderately calcareous
    Cac1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00705. strongly calcareous
    Cac2—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00706. very strongly calcareous
    Casc3—49 to 62 centimeters (19.3 to 24.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; clay loam; massive; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00707. roots are matted at top of horizon; troweled surface layer about 1/2 cm thick; very strongly calcareous; lime is in hardpan fragments
    Casc4—62 to 83 centimeters (24.4 to 32.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) cemented material; indurated by carbonates and silica; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00708. roots are matted on top of troweled surface layer; very strongly calcareous; lime is in the hardpan fragments
    Cac5—83 to 100 centimeters (32.7 to 39.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) cemented material; indurated by carbonates; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00709. very strongly calcareous
    Cascm6—100 to 120 centimeters (39.4 to 47.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) cemented material; indurated by silica and carbonates; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00710. very strongly calcareous
    Cascm7—120 to 132 centimeters (47.2 to 52.0 inches); cemented material; indurated by carbonates and silica; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00711. had troweled upper surface