IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974UT049002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974UT049002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974UT049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 74C0122
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44883
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: northwest 1/4
  • Location Description: Cedar Valley about 1/4 mile north of well on old LDS Church Farm.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT049—Utah
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. L. Swenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, carbonatic, mesic Xerollic Natrargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cb
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits derived from mixed
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1974 (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

    ATCO

    BRASS2

    ELELB2

    SARCO

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Brassica

    Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius

    Sarcobatus

    shadscale saltbush

    mustard

    squirreltail

    greasewood

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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

    0.5

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    1476

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    225

    229

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    120

    8.9

    21.1

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    A11—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00743. strongly calcareous
    A12—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00744. strongly calcareous
    A13—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00745. strongly calcareous
    B1—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00746. very strongly calcareous
    Bt21—37 to 50 centimeters (14.6 to 19.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay; strong fine granular structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and threadlike carbonate masses and carbonate masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00747. very strongly calcareous
    Bt22—50 to 78 centimeters (19.7 to 30.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; carbonate masses between peds and threadlike carbonate masses between peds; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00748. strongly calcareous
    B3—78 to 111 centimeters (30.7 to 43.7 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and 10 percent gypsum masses on faces of peds and fine carbonate masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00749. strongly calcareous
    Cac1—111 to 137 centimeters (43.7 to 53.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light gray (5Y 7/1), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium platy structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and diatoms and shell fragments; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 74C00750. low density; very strongly calcareous
    C2—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate coats on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6. Lab sample # 74C00751. very strongly calcareous