IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Borvant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970UT039006
  • User Pedon ID: S1970UT039006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970UT039006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43807
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 39.8144455
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5041656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 825 feet north and 800 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 1 mile west and 1/2 mile north of Indianola, at the northeast corner of a gravel pit.
  • 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, R. Tew, C. McKinlay
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Borvant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1970 (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

    ACHY

    SPCR

    Achnatherum hymenoides

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    Indian ricegrass

    sand dropseed

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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

    10

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    1859

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    315

    356

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    8.3

    18.9

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; cobbly loam; moderate fine granular structure; 0.5 very fine roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 22 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00162. lime is disseminated and in fine hardpan fragments
    A12—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00163. lime is disseminated and in limestone fragments
    A13—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; massive; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00164. lime is disseminated and in hardpan fragments
    C1cam—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loam; massive; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter petrocalcic fragments fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00165
    C2cam—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00166. indurated lime hardpan
    C3cam—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 70C00167. two distinct hardpan layers
    C4ca—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 70C00168. lime is disseminated and coated on coarse fragments
    C5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 75-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 70C00169. lime is disseminated and coated on coarse fragments
    R—152 centimeters (59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 70C00170. bedrock