IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mellor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969UT039007
  • User Pedon ID: S1969UT039007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969UT039007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0961
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34020
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.5470009
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6277008
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sanpete Soil Survey Area. One mile north and 2 miles west of Moroni.
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: UT627—Sanpete Valley Area, Utah, Parts of Utah and Sanpete Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Swenson
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mellor
  • PSC - 15 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/18/1969 (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

    DISTI

    Distichlis

    saltgrass

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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

    2

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    1737

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    180

    330

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    7.8

    18.3

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    A21—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07228
    A22—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07229
    B2t—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07230. lime is disseminated.
    B3ca—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07231. lime is disseminated.
    C1ca—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; moderate platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07232. lime is disseminated and in veins and modules.
    IIC2—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; moderate platy structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A07233. lime is disseminated and in veins.
    IIIC3ca—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A07234. lime is disseminated.