IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mirrow Lake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987UT013003
  • User Pedon ID: S1987UT013003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0799
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60094
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.5786095
  • Std. Longitude: -110.1597214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 3/4 mi NW of Cedar View Reservoir.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT013—Duchesne

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Leishman and D. Mays
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eccentric (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mirrow Lake
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—8

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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

    44

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    2745

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    225

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Pine needles, cones and twigs.
    Oe—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Decomposing litter.
    A—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dry; very cobbly loam; 51 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 9 percent clay; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-34-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P4384. 20% gravel.; common medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots; Textures and pH measurements are based on National Laboratory data and are not reflected on the 232 used to populate NASIS, which has field estimates.
    E1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, dry; extremely cobbly sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 35 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-34-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P4385. 35% gravel.; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots; Textures and pH measurements are based on National Laboratory data and are not reflected on the 232 used to populate NASIS, which has field estimates.
    E2—41 to 84 centimeters (16.1 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, dry; extremely cobbly loamy sand; 76 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 4 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 35 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-34-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P4386. 35% gravel.; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots; Textures and pH measurements are based on National Laboratory data and are not reflected on the 232 used to populate NASIS, which has field estimates.
    E/Bt—84 to 145 centimeters (33.1 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; extremely stony sand; 90 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 4 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-34-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 87P4387. 15% gravel.; few fine roots; common very fine roots; other consistence is very rigid; Textures and pH measurements are based on National Laboratory data and are not reflected on the 232 used to populate NASIS, which has field estimates.
    E/Bt—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) interior, dry; extremely stony sandy clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-34-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 87P4387. 15% gravel.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; common very fine roots; Textures and pH measurements are based on National Laboratory data and are not reflected on the 232 used to populate NASIS, which has field estimates.