IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nargon

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2007ID033003

User Pedon ID: 2007ID033003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - Lincoln

Lab Pedon # - 08N0108

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19933

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: 44.1745567

Std. Longitude: -112.2847748

Datum: WGS84

Township: 10N

Range: 35E

Section: 24

PLSS Details: 354 feet north and 2487 feet east of sw corner of 24 T10N R35E

Location Description: 2.5 miles due west of Dubois, ID on State Highway 22. Then turn south on trail at fence and go an additional 873 feet south.

Map Unit: 13803—Eaglecone-Blacknoll-Pyrenees, stony complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes

State: Idaho

County: ID033—Clark

MLRA: 11—Snake River Plains

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-IDF—Idaho Falls, Idaho

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID761—Clark County Area, Idaho, Parts of Clark and Butte Counties

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44112-B3—Lone Butte, Idaho

PEDON

Describers Name: Glenn Hoffmann

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Xeric Haplocalcids

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Nargon

PSC - 25 to 89 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/2/2018

Classifier - Erik Dahlke

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Aecet

Classificaton Date - 9/21/2007

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Field Measured Properties: moderately deep

SITE

Parent Material: loess and eolian sands over basalt

Landscape: lava field

Landform: lava flow

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated slight weathered basalt at 89cm

Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 2- to 76-millimeter basalt,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R011XB001ID	Loamy 8-12 PZ

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/21/2007 (actual site observation date)

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, shrubby

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	indurated	89 - 114	- 25 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon calcic horizon	0—6 14—89	—6— —75—

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
1	—	—	1559	—	110	279	—	95	6.7	—	—	7.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 001; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bw—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 002; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bk1—14 to 28 centimeters (5.5 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loam; 48 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 16 percent clay; 5 percent carbonate clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent fine faint spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate masses in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-76 millimeter basalt fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 003; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bk2—28 to 44 centimeters (11.0 to 17.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; 48 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 17 percent clay; 9 percent carbonate clay; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments and prominent silica coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 35 percent cylindrical weakly coherent cemented insect casts throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-76 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 004; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bk3—44 to 59 centimeters (17.3 to 23.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 57 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 16 percent clay; 10 percent carbonate clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments and prominent silica coats on rock fragments and 15 percent distinct carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct carbonate coats on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 50 percent coarse cylindrical weakly coherent cemented insect casts throughout and 15 percent very fine threadlike very weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-76 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 005; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bknq1—59 to 69 centimeters (23.2 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; very cobbly sandy clay loam; 52 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 23 percent clay; 17 percent carbonate clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 4.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments and prominent silica coats on rock fragments and distinct carbonate coats on all faces of peds and distinct silica coats on all faces of peds; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 50 percent coarse cylindrical moderately coherent cemented insect casts throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-76 millimeter basalt fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 006; dry when described; observed in pit, small

Bknq2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist; cobbly sandy clay loam; 55 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 24 percent clay; 15 percent carbonate clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; prominent silica coats on rock fragments and prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments and distinct carbonate coats on surfaces along root channels and distinct silica coats on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 30 percent coarse cylindrical weakly coherent cemented insect casts throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-76 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, pH meter; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 007; dry when described; observed in pit, small

2R—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); bedrock; 20 percent distinct carbonate coats on bedrock and 20 percent distinct silica coats on bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small