IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973UT031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973UT031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973UT031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 73C0073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44707
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 27S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 5 miles south of Koosharem
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT031—Piute

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Calcic Haploxeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: basic and intermediate igneous rock
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ARAR8

    ARTR2

    BOGR2

    ELELB2

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Indian ricegrass

    little sagebrush

    big sagebrush

    blue grama

    squirreltail

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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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    2027

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    241

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    6.1

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00503. noncalcareous
    Bt21—6 to 23 centimeters (2.4 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00504. noncalcareous
    Bt22—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 73C00505. noncalcareous
    Cac1—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; gravelly loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 73C00506. strongly calcareous
    2C2—84 to 140 centimeters (33.1 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 32.0 interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 73C00507. slightly calcareous