IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mortenson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971UT039004
  • User Pedon ID: S1971UT039004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971UT039004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43896
  • 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: 39.5272217
  • Std. Longitude: -111.3522186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: southwest 1/4
  • Location Description: Pleasant Creek 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: J. Swenson
  • 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 - 50 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    PHYSO

    SYMPH

    Physocarpus

    Symphoricarpos

    ninebark

    snowberry

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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

    40

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    2316

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    0

    635

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    6.7

    13.3

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    A21—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00236
    A22—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00237
    A&B—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; cobbly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00238
    B21t—51 to 80 centimeters (20.1 to 31.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; cobbly clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent clay films; 40 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00239
    B22t—80 to 104 centimeters (31.5 to 40.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; cobbly sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 75 percent clay films; 45 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00240
    B3—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; cobbly loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 45 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 71C00241