Soil Series Atlas

Mivida soil series

Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocalcids

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftATopsoil0–18 cm · 0–7 inBw1Subsoil · color or structure change18–41 cm · 7–16 inBw2Subsoil · color or structure change41–56 cm · 16–22 inBk1Subsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up56–132 cm · 22–52 inBk2Subsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up132–152 cm · 52–60 in050100150cmATopsoil0–18 cm · 0–7 inBw1Subsoil · color orstructure change18–41 cm · 7–16 inBw2Subsoil · color orstructure change41–56 cm · 16–22 inBk1Subsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up56–132 cm · 22–52 inBk2Subsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up132–152 cm · 52–60 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 152 cm (60 in), 5 horizons.

Aridisols — soils of dry climates

Nationally Mivida is a small series: 63,809 acres, 4,940th of 24,791 by area. It was established in 1980, later than all but two of the series here. Besides it, only Weikert has moderately rapid water movement in this atlas. Its larger relative Reagan is the one other atlas series in Ustic Haplocalcids; Mivida is coarse-loamy rather than fine-silty and mesic rather than thermic. It is the state soil of Utah.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately rapid

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Where Mivida is mapped

63,809 acres in 10 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColorado: 3,059 acresFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtah: 60,750 acresVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Mivida acres

  1. Utah95%
  2. Colorado5%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Utah 96th of 1,541 · 0.21%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Moderately rapid

SlowFast

Weikert also has moderately rapid permeability.

Parent material
Eolian deposits, alluvium, sandstone
Landform
Benches, plains, alluvial fans, terraces
Major land resource areas
34A, 34B, 35
Type location
Utah

How it is classified

  1. OrderAridisols
  2. SuborderCalcids
  3. Great groupHaplocalcids
  4. SubgroupUstic Haplocalcids
  5. FamilyCoarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocalcidscoarse-loamy particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Aridisols

Mivida makes up 0.04% of all mapped Aridisols — the 570th largest of 2,777 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

152 cm over a median of 104 cm

Depth to the subsoil

18 cm over a median of 10 cm

Its relatives

12 other established series share the family “Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Ustic Haplocalcids”

  1. Harvey720 k
  2. Milok131 k
  3. Mivida64 k
  4. Sazi49 k
  5. Smithpond38 k
  6. Abracon36 k
  7. Thumbrock23 k
  8. Kaiar23 k
  9. Chupadera21 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Mivida152 cm · Ustic Haplocalcids
  2. Reagan127 cm · Ustic Haplocalcids

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–18 cm0–7 in18 cm
Bw1Subsoil: color or structure change18–41 cm7–16 in23 cm
Bw2Subsoil: color or structure change41–56 cm16–22 in15 cm
Bk1Subsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up56–132 cm22–52 in76 cm
Bk2Subsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up132–152 cm52–60 in20 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2022-12), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides