LOCATION PLEASANT VIEW UT+IDEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haploxerolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Pleasant View loam, orchard. (Colors are for dry soil unless, otherwise noted.)
Ap--0 to 4 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mist; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; many fine roots; common medium pores; noncalcareous, slightly alkaline (pH 7.6); clear smooth boundary. (4 to 7 inches thick.)
A1--4 to 25 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; common fine pores; neutral (pH 7.2); clear smooth boundary. (15 to 24 inches thick.)
A2--25 to 34 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly light loam, dark brown (10YR 3/3) moist; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; common medium pores; slightly alkaline (pH 7.4); clear smooth boundary. (9 to 12 inches thick.)
Ck1--34 to 45 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) gravely fine sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist; structureless, massive; slightly hard, friable, common medium pores; moderately calcareous, moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear smooth boundary. (8 to 12 inches thick.)
Ck2--45 to 56 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly sandy loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) moist; structureless; massive; slightly hard, friable; common medium pores; strongly calcareous, moderately alkaline (pH 8.0); clear smooth boundary. (0 to 13 inches thick.)
C--56 to 67 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly light sandy loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) moist; structureless, single grain; loose; strongly calcareous, moderately alkaline (pH 8.1).
TYPE LOCATION: Weber County, Utah; 1/2 mile north and 1/2 mile west of Pleasant View church about 600 feet north and 100 feet east of the west 1/4 corner of Sec. 19, T. 7 N., R. 1 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Pleasant View soils are dry for 60 or more consecutive days in all parts between 7 and 20 inches in more than 7 out of 10 years.
Texture of the 10 to 40 inch control section is dominant gravelly loam, but some is gravely sandy loam. Clay content is less than 18 percent. Most of the coarse fragments are pebbles smaller than 1/2 inch in size, but there are some larger pebbles and cobbles. The content of coarse fragments increases with depth and is as much as 60 percent by volume below depths of 40 inches. The coarse fragments are coated with lime in some pedons, but they are not cemented.
The A horizon has hues of 10YR, values of 4 or 5 dry and 2 or 3 moist, and chromas of 2 or 3. Texture ranges from loam to gravelly sandy loam. Content of organic matter ranges from 1.0 to 4.5 percent. In some places the surface layer is slightly calcareous due to accumulation of wind or water deposited material.
The calcium carbonate equivalent of the Ck horizon ranges from 12 to 25 percent.
COMPETING SERIES: Related or similar soils are in the Ackmen, Kilburn, Ridd, and Timpanogos series. Ackmen soils lack gravel in the control section and lack horizons of carbonate accumulation. The Kilburn and Ridd soils have mollic epipedons less than 20 inches thick and are noncalcareous throughout. In addition, Kilburn soils have very gravelly fine sandy loam control sections, and Ridd soils have argillic horizons. Timpanogos soils have mollic epipedons less than 20 inches thick, and argillic horizons of loam texture that are not gravelly or cobbly.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Pleasant View soils are on alluvial fans and lake terraces. Slopes are 1 to 20 percent. These soils have formed in alluvium dominantly from gneiss, schist, shale, and argillite. The climate is dry subhumid. The mean annual temperature ranges from 48 to 52 F., the mean summer temperature ranges from 68 to 73 degrees F., and the freeze-free season from 150 to 175 days. The mean annual precipitation ranges from 17 to 20 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing Ridd series and the Draper series. Draper soils are not gravely in the control sections and are saturated with water for more than 90 days within depths of 40 inches when not frozen.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. Runoff is slow to rapid and permeability is moderate.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for irrigated cropland. Crops are orchards, alfalfa, small grains, and some truck crops. The native vegetation is mainly bluebunch wheatgrass, big sagebrush, cheatgrass, sunflowers, and annual weeds.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Utah and southern Idaho along western front of the Wasatch Mountains. The soil is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Phoenix, Arizona
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Weber County (Davis-Weber Area), Utah, 1967. The name is taken from a small community near the type location
REMARKS: The superactive cation exchange activity class was added in 03/2003 to the taxonomic classification by the National Soil Survey Center on request of the Reno MLRA office, without review of the soil series property data. The remainder of this document has not been updated.