IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ravola
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT039014
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT039014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967UT039014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42922
  • 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: 39.0736122
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7305527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 18
  • Location Description: about 1 1/2 miles southwest of the south end of Mayfields, near the shale hills.
  • 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, D. Erickson, A. Erickson, J. Shiozaki
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ravola
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    BRTE

    Atriplex confertifolia

    Bromus tectorum

    shadscale saltbush

    cheatgrass

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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

    15

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    1762

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    90

    254

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    9.4

    18.9

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00454. many fine gypsum nodules; lime is disseminated
    A12—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00455. fine gypsum nodules, few medium crystals; lime is disseminated
    C1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; fine gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 21 percent fine and medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00456. many fine and medium gypsum crystals and nodules
    C2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00457. many fine gypsum nodules; lime is disseminated and in veins
    IIC3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine and medium pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00458. many coarse gypsum nodules; lime is disseminated and in veins
    IIC4—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00459. many fine gypsum nodules and veins along pores
    IIC5—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00460. many fine gypsum nodules, few flakes; lime is disseminated
    IIC6—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00461. many fine gypsum nodules; lime is disseminated
    IIC7—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00462. many fine gypsum nodules and veins; lime is disseminated
    IIIC8—163 to 173 centimeters (64.2 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00463. many fine gypsum nodules and veins; lime is disseminated
    IIIC9—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 67C00464. many fine gypsum nodules and veins