IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975UT023003
  • User Pedon ID: S1975UT023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975UT023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0082
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44994
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.7547226
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8977814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 17
  • Location Description: miles southwest of Mills (Little Valley)
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT023—Juab
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fish, Swenson, Sorenson, Ferez, Nettleton, Hutchings
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Calciorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hp
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: old alluvial plain
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1975 (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

    ACHY

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Indian ricegrass

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    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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    1573

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    90

    279

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    115

    9.4

    21.1

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00446. moderately calcareous
    A12—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00447. moderately calcareous
    B21—12 to 27 centimeters (4.7 to 10.6 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00448. strongly calcareous
    B22—27 to 36 centimeters (10.6 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00449. strongly calcareous
    Cac1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00450. in lower part of horizon is a thin laminae with troweled surface; very strongly calcareous
    Casc2—56 to 78 centimeters (22.0 to 30.7 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00451. 25% durinodes; very strongly calcareous
    Casc3—78 to 109 centimeters (30.7 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; sandy clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 3.0 very fine low-continuity pores; threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00452. 15-20% durinodes; strongly calcareous
    C4—109 to 160 centimeters (42.9 to 63.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0. Lab sample # 75C00453. strongly calcareous