IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT021012
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT021012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT021012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44725
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 39S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: About 1 mile west of Chamberlain cabin on the North Fork of the Virgin River.
  • 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: Erickson, Crandall, Donaldson and Leishman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Mollic Eutroboralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kk
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3K73G3
  • 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

    ARTR2

    ELELB2

    HECOC8

    JUNIP

    LUVO2

    PURSH

    QUGA

    Artemisia tridentata

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

    Juniperus

    Lupinus volutans

    Purshia

    Quercus gambelii

    big sagebrush

    squirreltail

    needle and thread

    juniper

    pinyon 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

    17.5

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    1981

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    180

    406

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    105

    6.4

    19.7

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00625. noncalcareous
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00626. noncalcareous
    Bt21—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00627
    Bt22—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00628
    Bt23—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay bridges and 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00629. noncalcareous
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5. Lab sample # 73C00630. moderately calcareous