IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mower
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039009
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43811
  • 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: 39.5567017
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6865005
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West Mountain - Near head of Maple Canyon.
  • 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, D. Beckstrand, C. McKinlay
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mower
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1970 (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

    JUNIP

    Juniperus

    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

    15

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    2134

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    315

    356

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    7.2

    17.2

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak thin platy structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00191. lime is disseminated
    A3—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00192. lime is disseminated
    B2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00193. lime is disseminated
    B3ca—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 interstitial pores; carbonate nodules and carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00194. lime is in veins and nodules
    C1ca—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; carbonate threads and carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00195. lime is in veins and soft nodules
    C2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; platy structure; carbonate threads and carbonate nodules; shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00196. lime is in veins and nodules on and between shale fragments.