IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Borvant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43806
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 39.1338501
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9888306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 1 1/2W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1,800 feet west and 200 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Near the Japanese Valley road, 1/4 mile north of Lone Cedar 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: J. Swenson, B. Brasher, D. Nettleton, J. Shiozaki, and M. Olsen
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Borvant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1970 (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

    ACHY

    ARTEM

    JUNIP

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Artemisia

    Juniperus

    Indian ricegrass

    sagebrush

    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

    10

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    1963

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    315

    305

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    7.8

    18.9

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; cobbly loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00157
    A12—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00158
    C1ca—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very cobbly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00159. lime is disseminated and in hardpan fragments
    C2cam—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); platy structure; very hard, indurated; very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 70C00160. two distinct platy layers with a very hard laminar surface underlain by softer calcrete.
    C3cam—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); very hard, indurated; 0.5 very fine roots; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00161. laminar surface underlain by softer calcrete.