IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975UT023002
  • User Pedon ID: S1975UT023002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975UT023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0081
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44993
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 39.7546730
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8985596
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2450 feet north and 1300 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 1/4 mile north of Nephi Landfill
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT023—Juab
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Swenson, Nettleton, Fish, Hall, Sorenson, Hutchings, Ferez, Behjat
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aridic Durixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Io
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from andesite and/or alluvium derived from latite and/or alluvium derived from rhyolite and/or alluvium derived from non-volcanic breccia
  • Landform: alluvial plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1975 (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

    ALAS2

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    CANU3

    PASM

    POA

    Allium ascalonicum

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Calochortus nuttallii

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Poa

    wild onion

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    sego lily

    western wheatgrass

    bluegrass

    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

    5

    1524

    90

    330

    120

    9.4

    20.1

    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; cobbly fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00438
    A12—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00439
    B1—11 to 19 centimeters (4.3 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium platy, and strong thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00440
    Bt2—19 to 40 centimeters (7.5 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00441
    Cs1—40 to 74 centimeters (15.7 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, weakly coherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; threadlike carbonate masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00442. 30% durinodes; moderately calcareous
    Cascm2—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00443. at 39 cm is a silica cemented hardpan with troweled surface. It is 1 mm thick, overlain by 1 cm of very fine sand, roots are matted on surface of pan; strongly calcareous; 50% durinodes
    Cs3—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00444. 25-30% durinodes; strongly calcareous
    C4—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; fine sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2. Lab sample # 75C00445. 5% durinodes; moderately calcareous