IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mayfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967UT039015
  • User Pedon ID: S1967UT039015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967UT039015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 67C0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42919
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.1286125
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7258301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 30
  • Location Description: west of Mayfield-Manti road junction 1 1/4 miles, about 250 feet west of the road.
  • 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, D. Erickson, J. Shiozaki, J. Swenson
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mayfield
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1967 (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

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    1676

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    254

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    8.9

    18.9

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00425. lime is disseminated
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; moderate thin platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00426. lime is disseminated
    C1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak thick platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 15 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00427. lime is disseminated
    IIC2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; single grain; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00428. lime is disseminated
    IIIC3—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; gypsum crystals, unspecified; 1 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00429. lime is flakes, disseminated
    IVC4—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; 25 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00430. lime is disseminated and in fine flakes.
    IVC5—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; 22 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 67C00431. lime is disseminated
    IVC6—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00432. lime is disseminated and in veins
    IVC7—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine pores; 25 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 67C00433. lime is disseminated and segregated on coarse fragments
    VC8—165 to 191 centimeters (65.0 to 75.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 3 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 67C00434. lime is disseminated and in fine flakes.