IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975UT049003
  • User Pedon ID: S1975UT049003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975UT049003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0089
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45001
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 40.2510567
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9405136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet north and 2400 feet west of southeast corner
  • Location Description: overlooking Mercor Canyon Road
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT049—Utah
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Swenson, Hall, Fish, Nettleton, Hutchings, Sorenson, V. Slighting, Feruz, and Behjat
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Aridic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - 560
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and/or colluvium derived from quartzite
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1975 (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

    ARTR2

    CHRYS9

    JUNIP

    PSSP6

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus

    Juniperus

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    big sagebrush

    rabbitbrush

    juniper

    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

    50

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    2042

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    315

    330

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    95

    7.8

    15.6

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; stony loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00497
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00498
    Bt21—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; carbonate masses around rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00499
    Bt22—28 to 45 centimeters (11.0 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate masses around rock fragments; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00500. slightly calcareous
    Bac31—45 to 67 centimeters (17.7 to 26.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated around rock fragments and carbonate masses around rock fragments; 15 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00501. strongly calcareous
    Bac32—67 to 80 centimeters (26.4 to 31.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00502. strongly calcareous
    Cac—80 to 95 centimeters (31.5 to 37.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; very cobbly clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; carbonate masses and carbonate, finely disseminated; 20 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00503. strongly calcareous