IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971UT021007
  • User Pedon ID: S1971UT021007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971UT021007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0140
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44074
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 37.6522217
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0586090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: About 1/2 mile south of rest home in southeast part of Cedar City.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT645—Manti-Lasal National Forest, Manti Division - Parts of Sanpete and Emery Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leishman and Crandall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed (calcareous), mesic Xeric Torrifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4HH203D7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACHY

    AMELA

    ARTR2

    JUNIP

    LUVO2

    PLEUR12

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Amelanchier

    Artemisia tridentata

    Juniperus

    Lupinus volutans

    Pleuraphis

    Indian ricegrass

    serviceberry

    big sagebrush

    juniper

    pinyon lupine

    galleta grass

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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

    8

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    315

    279

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    125

    10

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    21.1

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 21.0 micro vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00849. moderately calcareous
    C1—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00850. moderately calcareous
    2C2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses and 30 percent fine gypsum masses; 55 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00851. moderately calcareous
    2C3—56 to 142 centimeters (22.0 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent very fine and fine gypsum masses and 30 percent very fine and fine threadlike gypsum masses; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00852. moderately calcareous
    2C4—142 to 175 centimeters (55.9 to 68.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent fine gypsum masses and 30 percent fine threadlike gypsum masses; 13 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00853. moderately calcareous
    2C5—175 to 198 centimeters (68.9 to 78.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; loose, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent fine and medium gypsum masses; 35 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00854. gypsum nodules and soft gypsum rocks; moderately calcareous
    2C6—198 to 238 centimeters (78.0 to 93.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; loose, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent fine gypsum masses; 43 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00855. gypsum nodules and soft gypsum rocks; moderately calcareous
    3C7—238 to 273 centimeters (93.7 to 107.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and 30 percent very fine and fine gypsum masses and 30 percent very fine and fine threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 72C00856. moderately calcareous