IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mellor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968UT027045
  • User Pedon ID: S1968UT027045
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43824
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.1461105
  • Std. Longitude: -112.4533310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: Northwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4
  • Location Description: 7 miles north and 3 miles west of Pavant.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT027—Millard
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT632—Delta Area, Utah - Part of Millard County

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Stott and G. Crandall
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 45
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mellor
  • PSC - 6 to 13 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: delta plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A2—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 vesicular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00265
    B2t—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 21 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00266
    C1—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 70C00267. arbitrary separation for laboratory analysis.
    C2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00268
    C3—56 to 165 centimeters (22.0 to 65.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots top of horizon; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified.