IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021005
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44718
  • 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: 37.7502518
  • Std. Longitude: -113.3069153
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 70 feet southeast of northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 5 miles west of Iron Springs
  • 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 and party
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Haploxerollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dr
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3AA109E11
  • 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

    ARIST

    ARTR2

    CHVIL4

    HECOC8

    PLJA

    SPCR

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Aristida

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Pleuraphis jamesii

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Indian ricegrass

    threeawn

    big sagebrush

    yellow rabbitbrush

    needle and thread

    James' galleta

    sand dropseed

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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

    1

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    1069

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    0

    254

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    135

    9.4

    21.1

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; sandy loam; weak thin 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 pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00577. noncalcareous
    B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly 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; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00578. noncalcareous
    Bt2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00579. noncalcareous
    Bac3—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00580. strongly calcareous
    Cac1—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist; loam; massive; friable, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 8 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00581. strongly calcareous
    Cac2—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00582. strongly calcareous
    2Cac3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 45 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00583. moderately calcareous
    3Cac4—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; gravelly sandy clay loam; single grain; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 45 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 73C00584. slightly calcareous