IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT025001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT025001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT025001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44864
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 40S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Kane, County, Utah; south of Orderville Gulch.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT025—Kane

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Erickson, Crandall, Leishman & Donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argiborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Er
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandstone
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3K69G8
  • 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

    AMELA

    ARTR2

    BALSA

    LAWA3

    PIPO

    POPR

    QUGA

    SEPA3

    SYMPH

    Amelanchier

    Artemisia tridentata

    Balsamorhiza

    Labordia waiolani

    Pinus ponderosa

    Poa pratensis

    Quercus gambelii

    Senecio pattersonensis

    Symphoricarpos

    serviceberry

    big sagebrush

    balsamroot

    Nevada peavine

    ponderosa pine

    Kentucky bluegrass

    Gambel oak

    Mono ragwort

    snowberry

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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

    33

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    2042

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    315

    457

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    100

    6.9

    20.3

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    O1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 74C00604. matted leaves, twigs, etc.
    A11—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00605. noncalcareous
    A12—8 to 27 centimeters (3.1 to 10.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00606. noncalcareous
    B1—27 to 37 centimeters (10.6 to 14.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium and coarse pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00607. noncalcareous
    Bt21—37 to 52 centimeters (14.6 to 20.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and coarse and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00608. noncalcareous
    Bt22—52 to 73 centimeters (20.5 to 28.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00609. noncalcareous
    B31—73 to 106 centimeters (28.7 to 41.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent thin clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00609. noncalcareous
    B32—106 to 131 centimeters (41.7 to 51.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00610. noncalcareous
    C—131 to 156 centimeters (51.6 to 61.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # 74C00611. noncalcareous