IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountainville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971UT039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1971UT039002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971UT039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43897
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 39.7207870
  • Std. Longitude: -111.4243774
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: Northeast 1/4
  • Location Description: 3/4 mile north of the Millburn church on the east side of the road. Published R4W changed to R4E
  • 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
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountainville
  • PSC - 21 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent 75- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1971 (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

    Artemisia

    sagebrush

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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

    4

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    1951

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    135

    406

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    7.2

    15.6

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    A11—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very stony loam; moderate thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00242. lime is disseminated
    A12—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; very fine to medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00243. lime is disseminated
    A3—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00244. lime is disseminated
    B21t—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; stony loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00245. lime is disseminated
    B22t—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; stony loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent clay films; fine carbonate threads; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00246. lime is disseminated and in fine veins
    B31—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; stony clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; carbonate threads and mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00247. lime is disseminated and in veins and flakes
    B32ca—91 to 108 centimeters (35.8 to 42.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; stony clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; carbonate threads and mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00248. lime is disseminated and in veins and flakes
    Cca—108 to 135 centimeters (42.5 to 53.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), pink (7.5YR 7/4), dry; stony loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate threads and spherical carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 71C00249. lime is disseminated, in veins and soft rounded masses