IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972UT021012
  • User Pedon ID: S1972UT021012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972UT021012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 72C0130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44064
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 32S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 3/4 mile west of road that runs N-S on west side of Buckskin Valley
  • 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: Crandall, Leishman and Donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tn
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: igneous rock
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: igneous, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/13/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12AA135B9
  • 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

    AGROP2

    ARTR2

    ELELB2

    JUNIP

    LUPIN

    PURSH

    QUGA

    Agropyron

    Artemisia tridentata

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Juniperus

    Lupinus

    Purshia

    Quercus gambelii

    wheatgrass

    big sagebrush

    squirreltail

    juniper

    lupine

    bitterbrush

    Gambel oak

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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

    30

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    2192

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    135

    394

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    90

    6.9

    18

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; very cobbly loam; weak thin platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 72C00785. noncalcareous
    B1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00786. noncalcareous
    Bt21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00787. noncalcareous
    Bt22—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; gravelly clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 27 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00788. noncalcareous
    B3—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; very gravelly clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 72C00789. lime pockets just above the bedrock; slightly calcareous
    R—69 centimeters (27.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.