IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0081
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44715
  • 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: 37.9288635
  • Std. Longitude: -112.8249588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: one-half mile southeast of Dr. Burton's yard buildings, north of Parowan
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT021—Iron
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT634—Iron-Washington Area, Utah, Parts of Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Olsen, Crandall & party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Xerollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bullion
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: igneous, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3HH176c2
  • 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

    ATCO

    BRASS2

    ELELB2

    SARCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Brassica

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Sarcobatus

    shadscale saltbush

    mustard

    squirreltail

    greasewood

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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

    2

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    1750

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    0

    241

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    138

    10

    21

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    A2—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak thick platy, and weak thin platy structure; 1.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00554. moderately calcareous
    B1—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak thick platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00555. strongly calcareous
    Bt2—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; thick clay films on all faces of peds and thick clay films on surfaces along pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00556. moderately calcareous; continuous - phpvsfiid 290200; continuous - phpvsfiid 290201; continuous - phpvsfiid 290200; continuous - phpvsfiid 290201
    B3—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay bridges; carbonate, finely disseminated and 21 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00557. strongly calcareous
    C—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 21 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00558. strongly calcareous
    2Btb21—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 21 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00559. strongly calcareous
    2Btb22—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and 21 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4. Lab sample # 73C00560. strongly calcareous