IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LUCERO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977UT021007
  • User Pedon ID: S1977UT021007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977UT021007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1140
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34199
  • 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: 37.6734009
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5158997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36S
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Iron County, Utah; 2 miles east of New Castle.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT634—Iron-Washington Area, Utah, Parts of Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LUCERO
  • PSC - 18 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lm
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1977 (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

    ELELB2

    JUNIP

    PLJA

    POA

    Artemisia tridentata

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Juniperus

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Poa

    big sagebrush

    squirreltail

    juniper

    James' galleta

    bluegrass

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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

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    1767

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very cobbly loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 25 percent by volume 2 - 75-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75 - 250-? millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08659
    B1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 7 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08660
    B21t—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08661
    B22t—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 22 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08662
    B3ca—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08663
    C1ca—71 to 119 centimeters (28.0 to 46.9 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 7 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08664
    C2ca—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A08665