IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT053004
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT053004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0180
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43753
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 37.1049995
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2444458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 400 feet west of the center
  • Location Description: Big Plains.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT053—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT641—Washington County Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vear Mortensen
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palma
  • PSC - 19 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1969 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1448

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    330

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    13.9

    20.6

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00922
    A&B—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00923
    B2t—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00924. lime is disseminated.
    B3t—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 69C00925. lime is disseminated.
    C—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 69C00926. lime is disseminated. (This horizon broken at 32 inches for sampling)
    c—81 to 150 centimeters (31.9 to 59.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 69C00927. lime is disseminated.