IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fontreen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971UT039008
  • User Pedon ID: S1971UT039008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971UT039008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 71C0033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43892
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.1705551
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0086136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 1 1/2W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: Japanese Valley, about 1 mile west of Ralph Lund's ponds.
  • 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 Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fontreen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1971 (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

    EPVI

    JUNIP

    Ephedra viridis

    Juniperus

    mormon tea

    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

    50

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    1890

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    0

    305

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    6.7

    15.6

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very cobbly loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00213. lime is disseminated
    A12—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 65 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 71C00214. lime is disseminated
    B2ca—32 to 52 centimeters (12.6 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 65 percent by volume 2-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00215. lime is disseminated and in fine limestone fragments.
    C1ca—52 to 80 centimeters (20.5 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very stony loam; massive; fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine pores; carbonate threads and spherical carbonate masses; 75 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 71C00216. lime is disseminated, in veins, limestone fragments, and in soft rounded masses.
    C2ca—80 to 119 centimeters (31.5 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very stony loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 90 percent by volume 2-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 71C00217. lime is disseminated, in fragments, and coated on coarse fragments.