IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT049003
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT049003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT049003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44884
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: southwest 1/4
  • Location Description: Cedar Valley about 3 1/2 miles east of Cedar Fort.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT049—Utah
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. L. Swenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Xerollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cb
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits derived from mixed
  • Landform: level lake plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1974 (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

    ATCO

    HAGL

    SARCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Halogeton glomeratus

    Sarcobatus

    shadscale saltbush

    saltlover

    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

    0.5

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    1475

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    225

    229

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    120

    8.9

    21.1

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    Cac2—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 74C00760
    A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00752. strongly calcareous
    A12—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong thin platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00753. strongly calcareous
    B1—16 to 46 centimeters (6.3 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00754. very strongly calcareous
    Bt21—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00755. very strongly calcareous
    Bt22—61 to 100 centimeters (24.0 to 39.4 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay; weak fine prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00756. very strongly calcareous
    B23—100 to 128 centimeters (39.4 to 50.4 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00757. strongly calcareous
    B3—128 to 153 centimeters (50.4 to 60.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist; clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00758. strongly calcareous
    Cac1—153 to 178 centimeters (60.2 to 70.1 inches); pale yellow (5Y 8/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and shell fragments; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0. Lab sample # 74C00759. lime in shell fragments; very strongly calcareous