IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manassa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009UT045001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009UT045001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009UT045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25042
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.4242210
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3925858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT045—Tooele

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Karen Vaughan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Xeric Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manassa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Xeric Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 20
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATRIP

    BRTE

    Atriplex

    Bromus tectorum

    saltbush

    cheatgrass

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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

    0

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    1316.7

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    2152

    Grantsville

    SCAN
    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04166; dry when described;
    A2—7 to 30 centimeters (2.8 to 11.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04167; dry when described;
    C1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; weak medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04168; dry when described;
    C2—48 to 80 centimeters (18.9 to 31.5 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04169; dry when described;
    C3—80 to 125 centimeters (31.5 to 49.2 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; moderate medium prismatic structure; extremely firm; carbonate coats on all faces of peds and carbonate coats on surfaces along root channels; 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04170; dry when described;
    C4—125 to 175 centimeters (49.2 to 68.9 inches); structureless massive; extremely firm; 5 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 09N04171