IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT025002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT025002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44865
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Township: 40S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Kane, County, Utah; Ponderosa Hunting Area; 700 feet south of sharp bend and 50 feet west of road.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT025—Kane
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brasher, Erickson, Crandall, Leishman and Donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argiborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/2006
  • 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: 3K67C4
  • 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

    LAWA3

    POPR

    QUGA

    SYMPH

    Artemisia tridentata

    Labordia waiolani

    Poa pratensis

    Quercus gambelii

    Symphoricarpos

    big sagebrush

    Nevada peavine

    Kentucky bluegrass

    Gambel oak

    snowberry

    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

    23

    2103

    315

    457

    100

    6.9

    20.3

    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. leaves, twigs, etc.
    A11—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00612. noncalcareous
    A12—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 0.5 medium and coarse pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00613. noncalcareous
    Bt21—21 to 33 centimeters (8.3 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and coarse and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00614. noncalcareous
    Bt22—33 to 62 centimeters (13.0 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and coarse and 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00615. noncalcareous
    Bt23—62 to 89 centimeters (24.4 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse 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 and 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00616. noncalcareous
    Bt24—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; sandy clay loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium and 0.5 coarse pores; 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; 8 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00617. noncalcareous
    B3—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # 74C00618. noncalcareous