LOCATION PETEETNEET UT+IDEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Euic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists
TYPICAL PEDON: Peat - meadow (Colors are for moist broken faces unless otherwise noted.)
Oal--0 to 7 inches; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), black (10YR 2/1) rubbed; about 35 percent fiber, less than 10 percent rubbed; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, and nonplastic; many roots; neutral (pH 7.0); clear smooth boundary. (5 to 9 inches thick)
Oa2--7 to 15 inches; black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 1/1) rubbed; about 20 percent fibers, less than 5 percent rubbed; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, and nonplastic; many roots; slightly acid (pH 6.4); gradual smooth boundary. (3 to 10 inches thick)
Oa3--15 to 31 inches; black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 1/1) rubbed; about 20 percent fibers, less than 5 percent rubbed; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, and nonplastic; common roots; neutral (pH 7.1); gradual wavy boundary. (12 to 17 inches thick)
Oa4--31 to 60 inches; black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 1/1) rubbed; about 10 percent fiber, less than 2 percent rubbed; strong medium subangular blocky structure; moist; very hard, very friable, nonsticky, and nonplastic; few roots; neutral (pH 7.1).
TYPE LOCATION: Utah County, Utah; 1/2 mile northwest of the Lakeview Church; 400 feet south of the center of sec. 28, T.6S., R.2E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Mean annual soil temperature is 47 to 51 degrees F. The color is very dark brown or very dark gray or black. The depth of organic soil over mineral soil ranges from 36 inches to more than 6 feet. The Oa1 layer is slightly to strongly calcareous. Reaction, except for the Oal layer, ranges from slightly acid to neutral (1-5 dilation in H20). Organic matter content is 30 to 100 percent.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Carlisle, Houghton and Lena soils. Carlisle soils have woody fragments throughout and are massive in the bottom tier. Houghton soils are massive or platy in the bottom tier. Lena soils are calcareous throughout.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Peteetneet soils are at elevations of 4,490 to 5,500 feet, on nearly level depressions of low lake terraces and in the low areas of valleys. They occur as somewhat elongated bodies that are 2 to 4 feet higher in the middle and slope to the outer edges. The climate is dry subhumid The mean annual temperature is 49 to 50 degrees F., and mean summer temperature is 70 degrees F., and an average annual precipitation of 11 to 16 inches. The frost-free period is 120 to 150 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are Holdaway, Poganeab, and Abbott soils which are all mineral soils. Holdaway soils have a petrocalcic horizon.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Very poorly drained; moderate permeability; very slow runoff.
USE AND VEGETATION: Wet meadow. Native vegetation is sedges, tules, cattails, rushes, and other water-loving plants.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: In poorly drained areas of valleys in the Great Basin and plateau areas of Utah. These soils are inextensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Phoenix, Arizona
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Sanpete Area, Utah, 1971.
REMARKS: Previously classified as Bog soils.