IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975UT049001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975UT049001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975UT049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44999
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 1
  • Location Description: in Cedar Valley about 1/4 mile south of Fitzgeralds sheep corral
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT049—Utah
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Swenson, Hall, Sorenson, Hutchings, Firuz, V. Slighting, Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hk
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone and sandstone and/or alluvium derived from quartzite
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1975 (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

    GUTIE

    PSSP6

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia tridentata

    Gutierrezia

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Indian ricegrass

    big sagebrush

    snakeweed

    bluebunch wheatgrass

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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

    4

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    1509

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    90

    241

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    120

    8.9

    20

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 1 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00483. moderately calcareous
    A12—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00484. moderately calcareous
    B21—12 to 26 centimeters (4.7 to 10.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated around rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00485. strongly calcareous
    B22—26 to 48 centimeters (10.2 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; cobbly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00486. strongly calcareous
    2Casc1—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; very cobbly fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, weakly coherent by silica, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00487. very strongly calcareous
    2Cac2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00488. very strongly calcareous
    2C3—102 to 125 centimeters (40.2 to 49.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose; carbonate, finely disseminated around rock fragments; 75 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0. Lab sample # 75C00489. strongly calcareous