IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clayburn Family
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986UT001001
  • User Pedon ID: 86UT001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986UT001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0967
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59261
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024
  • 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: 38.3499985
  • Std. Longitude: -112.3666687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NW/SE
  • Location Description: Below Mt. Holly, just above Elk Meadows.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT001—Beaver
  • MLRA: 47—Wasatch and Uinta Mountains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hal K. Swenson, John T. Lott
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clayburn Family
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Argic Pachic Cryoborolls
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACHIL

    FEOV

    TARAX

    Achillea

    Festuca ovina

    Taraxacum

    yarrow

    sheep fescue

    dandelion

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    41—114

    —-

    —-

    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

    27

    3292

    135

    899

    -2

    8

    2

    7

    1A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/2) exterior, dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05789. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red.; many fine roots
    1A2—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/2) exterior, dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05790. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red.; common fine roots; few medium roots
    1AB—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/2) exterior, dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05791. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231791; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231791
    1Bt1—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) exterior, dry; gravelly sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium vesicular and 2.5 fine vesicular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05792. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 231792; continuous - phpvsfiid 231792
    1Bt2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) crushed, light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) exterior, dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium vesicular and 2.5 fine vesicular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P05793. pH measured by Chlorphenol Red. Few krotovina about 5 cm wide and 8 cm long.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 231793; continuous - phpvsfiid 231793