IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mower
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43810
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 39.2930565
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7977753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1,200 feet east and 800 feet south of northwest corner
  • Location Description: Near the head of Mellor Canyon, 1/4 mile south of the drift fence on the ridge.
  • 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, R. Tew, M. Olsen
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mower
  • PSC - 25 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1970
  • 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: 8/11/1970 (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

    ARTEM

    JUNIP

    Artemisia

    Juniperus

    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

    5

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    2195

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    180

    356

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    7.2

    17.2

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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; clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00185. lime is disseminated
    A12—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00186. lime is disseminated
    B2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00187
    C1ca—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; worm nodules; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00188
    C2ca—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; 0.5 very fine and fine roots top of horizon; 0.0 pores; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00189
    R—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 70C00190. shale bedrock.