IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SPAGER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978UT049002
  • User Pedon ID: S1978UT049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0445
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45999
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.2167015
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9649963
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Mouth of Mercer Canyon, about 6 miles east of Fairfield
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT049—Utah
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic, shallow Xerollic Paleorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SPAGER
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spager
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, mesic, shallow Xerolli
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02485
    A12—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02486
    C1ca—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02487
    C2ca—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02488
    C3ca—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02489
    C4cam—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02490
    C5—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/4), dry; very gravelly sandy clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02491