IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mortenson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039005
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43809
  • 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: 39.5130539
  • Std. Longitude: -111.3394470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 15
  • Location Description: About 1,200 feet NW of hairpin turn in jeep road below Skyline Drive.
  • 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: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mortenson
  • PSC - 86 to 136 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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    2865

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    762

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    7.2

    14.4

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    A21—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate platy structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00178
    A22—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00179
    A23—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very stony silt loam; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00180
    A&B—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very stony silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00181. 60 percent A2 horizon and 40 percent B2t horizon; the B2t portion is as described in the B21t horizon.
    B21t—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very stony clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 75 percent clay films; 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00182
    B22t—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very stony clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 30 percent clay films; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00183
    B23t—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very stony clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent clay films; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 70C00184