IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT049001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT049001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44882
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: northeast 1/4
  • Location Description: Near Greely Pass
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT049—Utah
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. L. Swenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Durorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • 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 non-volcanic breccia and/or alluvium derived from tuff
  • Landform: low ridge
  • 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

    ARTR2

    CHRYS9

    Artemisia tridentata

    Chrysothamnus

    big sagebrush

    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

    3.5

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    1516

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    315

    229

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    115

    9.4

    21.1

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    A11—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00735. moderately calcareous
    A12—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00736. moderately calcareous
    B2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; 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 and 10 percent durinodes; 5 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00737. moderately calcareous
    Bs3—33 to 55 centimeters (13.0 to 21.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate coats on nodules; carbonate, finely disseminated and 20 percent durinodes; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00738. moderately calcareous
    Casc1—55 to 65 centimeters (21.7 to 25.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and 20 percent durinodes; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00739. strongly calcareous
    Cs2—65 to 95 centimeters (25.6 to 37.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy loam; massive; extremely hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; carbonate coats on nodules; carbonate, finely disseminated and 60 percent durinodes; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00740. moderately calcareous; inside of durinodes are only slightly calcareous
    Csm3—95 to 113 centimeters (37.4 to 44.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loamy sand; weak coarse platy structure; extremely hard, very friable, strongly coherent, nonsticky, slightly plastic; carbonate coats on top faces of peds; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 74C00741. thin indurated, smooth troweled surface layer; thin layer of lime or soft silica; slightly calcareous
    Cs4—113 to 140 centimeters (44.5 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy coarse sand; single grain; 15 percent durinodes; 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 74C00742. slightly calcareous