IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mortenson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039004
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43808
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 39.4680557
  • Std. Longitude: -111.3433304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: About 1,600 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: South Twin Creek - about 1/4 mile from the end of the road and about 400 feet south 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: B. Brasher, D. Nettleton, M. Olsen, J. Swenson, R. Tew, D. Beckstrand, C. McKinlay.
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mortenson
  • PSC - 68 to 118 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1970
  • 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: 8/12/1970 (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

    PICEA

    Picea

    spruce

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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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    2743

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    635

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    7.2

    14.4

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    A21—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00171
    A22—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00172. few charcoal bits.
    A23—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00173
    A&B—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; stony silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00174. 60 percent A2 horizon and 40 percent B2t horizon; the B2t portion is as described in the B21t horizon below.
    B21t—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; stony silt loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00175. continuous - phpvsfiid 187835; continuous - phpvsfiid 187835
    B22t—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very stony clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00176
    B23t—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very stony clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 70C00177