IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lucky Star
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968UT005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 68C0123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43578
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 41.5561104
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6522217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2,000 feet west and 1,000 feet north of SE corner
  • Location Description: three miles south and 3 1/2 miles west of the Hardware Ranch.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT005—Cache
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT603—Cache Valley Area, Parts of Cache and Box Elder Counties, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. B. Campbell
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lucky Star
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1968 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DEEX

    MERTE

    PRVI

    Delphinium exaltatum

    Mertensia

    Prunus virginiana

    tall larkspur

    bluebells

    chokecherry

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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

    46

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    2179

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    90

    762

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    3.3

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. matted decaying leaves, twigs, and grasses (not sampled).
    A11—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00924
    A12—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00925
    A21—36 to 67 centimeters (14.2 to 26.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 70 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00926
    A22—67 to 92 centimeters (26.4 to 36.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 70 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00927
    A23—92 to 107 centimeters (36.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 75 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00928
    A2&B2t—107 to 138 centimeters (42.1 to 54.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 68C00929
    B21t&A2—138 to 158 centimeters (54.3 to 62.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), light red (2.5YR 6/6), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine discontinuous tubular and tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 68C00930. continuous - phpvsfiid 187281; continuous - phpvsfiid 187281
    A2—158 to 158 centimeters (62.2 to 62.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 68C00931
    B2t—158 to 196 centimeters (62.2 to 77.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 70 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 68C00932, 68C00933. continuous - phpvsfiid 187276; continuous - phpvsfiid 187276