IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fontreen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT039001
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967UT039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42917
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.2113876
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6436081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 36
  • Location Description: Sanpete Soil Survey Area, Utah. 3 miles east of Sterling, south fork of 6 mile canyon, Funk's Cove.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT627—Sanpete Valley Area, Utah, Parts of Utah and Sanpete Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Erickson, J. Swenson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fontreen
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1967 (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

    AMELA

    Amelanchier

    serviceberry

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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

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    1829

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    406

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    7.2

    16.7

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00409
    A12—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak thick platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00410. some soft powdery lime on the bottom of coarse fragments, but losing lime.
    A13—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00411. segregated on the bottom of coarse fragments.
    C1ca—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; noncoherent cemented worm nodules and mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00412. segregated on coarse fragments and in soft nodules, flakes, and veins.
    C2ca—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; mica flakes, unspecified and noncoherent cemented worm nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00413. segregated on coarse fragments and in flakes, veins, and soft nodules.
    C3ca—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; mica flakes, unspecified and worm nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00414. segregated on coarse fragments, also in flakes and nodules.
    C4ca—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; worm nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00415. segregated on the coarse fragments, also some cementation into nodules.
    C5—147 to 168 centimeters (57.9 to 66.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 67C00416