IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975UT023004
  • User Pedon ID: S1975UT023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975UT023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75C0083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 44995
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 24
  • Location Description: Miles west of Milles, east of Leamington Pass Road.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT023—Juab
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT608—Fairfield-Nephi Area, Utah

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Swenson, Fish, Sorenson, Ferez, Nettleton, Hutchings
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Durixerollic Calciorthids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ip
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: broad ridge
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1975 (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

    ACHY

    ARTR2

    BRTE

    CHRYS9

    JUNIP

    PSSP6

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia tridentata

    Bromus tectorum

    Chrysothamnus

    Juniperus

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Indian ricegrass

    big sagebrush

    cheatgrass

    rabbitbrush

    juniper

    bluebunch wheatgrass

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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

    2

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    1615

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    90

    330

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    110

    8.9

    20.1

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    A11—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; carbonate nodules and carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00454. strongly calcareous
    A12—7 to 20 centimeters (2.8 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00455. very strongly calcareous; 21% hardpan fragments; lime is in hardpan fragments
    Casc1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; gravelly loam; thick platy structure; extremely hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00456. discontinuous troweled surface layer; very strongly calcareous; 40% hardpan fragments; lime is in hardpan fragments; 20% durinodes
    Casc2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 75C00457. strongly calcareous; 20% durinodes
    Casc3—53 to 63 centimeters (20.9 to 24.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), moist; gravelly loam; massive; very hard, friable, strongly coherent by silica, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine low-continuity pores; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00458. the top of this horizon has a troweled surface layer that is nearly continuous; strongly calcareous; 35% durinodes
    Casc4—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; weak thick platy structure; very hard, friable, strongly coherent by silica, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 75C00459. strongly calcareous; 40% durinodes few thin laminae layers, continuous laminae at 36 inches; lime is coated on durinodes
    Cs5—89 to 150 centimeters (35.0 to 59.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; loam; massive; very hard, friable, strongly coherent by silica, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2. Lab sample # 75C00460