IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971UT039005
  • User Pedon ID: S1971UT039005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971UT039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43898
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Utah Pleasant Creek
  • State: Utah
  • County: UT039—Sanpete

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Swenson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Argic Cryoborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tingey
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sandstone
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1971 (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

    CEMOG

    QUGA

    Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber

    Quercus gambelii

    birchleaf mountain mahogany

    Gambel oak

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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

    60

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    2265

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    180

    635

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    85

    6.1

    14.4

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; stony loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00250
    A3—5 to 22 centimeters (2.0 to 8.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00251
    Bt2—22 to 60 centimeters (8.7 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; stony clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent thin clay films; 20 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00252
    Bt31—60 to 90 centimeters (23.6 to 35.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; stony clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00253
    Bt32—90 to 125 centimeters (35.4 to 49.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; stony loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated; 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00254. slightly calcareous
    C—125 to 170 centimeters (49.2 to 66.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; stony loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate masses in cracks; 25 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 71C00255. moderately calcareous