IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fontreen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT039002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967UT039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42918
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.1722221
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0002747
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 1 1/2W
  • Section: 10
  • Location Description: Sanpete Soil Survey Area, Utah. above spring and well in southwestern part of Japanese Valley.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT627—Sanpete Valley Area, Utah, Parts of Utah and Sanpete Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Swenson, A. Erickson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ARNO4

    CEMOG

    JUNIP

    Artemisia nova

    Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber

    Juniperus

    black sagebrush

    birchleaf mountain mahogany

    juniper

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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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    1890

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    330

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    7.2

    16.7

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00417
    A12—5 to 30 centimeters (2.0 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00418. segregated as soft powdery lime on bottom of coarse fragments.
    A13—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; loose, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00419. segregated on the bottom of coarse fragments.
    C1ca—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak thick platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00420. in flakes, veins, and segregated on coarse fragments.
    C2ca—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; loose, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00421. segregated on coarse fragments and in veins and flakes.
    C3ca—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00422. segregated on coarse fragments, flakes, and veins.
    C4ca—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00423
    C5—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; loose, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 67C00424. segregated on coarse fragments.