IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT023007
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT023007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT023007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44881
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 40 feet north of common corner of sections 5,6,7 & 8
  • Location Description: Near pumice pits.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT023—Juab
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. L. Swenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Camborthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ho
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone and/or alluvium derived from non-volcanic breccia and/or alluvium derived from basalt and/or alluvium derived from tuff
  • Landform: low ridge on alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/1974 (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

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    CHVIL4

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus

    Indian ricegrass

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    yellow rabbitbrush

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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

    3

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    1442

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    225

    229

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    115

    9.4

    21.1

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; weak thin platy, and moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00729. moderately calcareous
    B1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00730. strongly calcareous
    B2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; carbonate coats on bottom of rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated; 2 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00731. strongly calcareous
    Cs1—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; carbonate coats on all faces of peds and carbonate coats; 50 percent strongly coherent cemented durinodes; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00732. strongly calcareous
    Cs2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; single grain; extremely hard; brittle; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; carbonate coats on rock fragments and silica coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated; 60 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00733. strongly calcareous
    C3—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; extremely hard, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; carbonate coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated and 20 percent strongly coherent cemented durinodes; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6. Lab sample # 74C00734. strongly calcareous