IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Karcal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979ID039002
  • User Pedon ID: 79ID039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47076
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.1013870
  • Std. Longitude: -115.2833328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 680 meters N and 31 meters W of SE corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID039—Elmore

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Karcal
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Entic Chromoxererts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 50 percent silt; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong fine granular structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01804. Very porous.; common fine and medium roots; few very coarse roots
    1A23—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 50 percent silt; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01805. common fine and medium roots; few very coarse roots
    1B21—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 55 percent silt; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01806. Fewer slickensides than B22. Cracks 1/2 to 1 and 1/2 inches wide to a depth of 24 inches.; common fine and medium roots; few very coarse roots
    1B22—41 to 70 centimeters (16.1 to 27.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 55 percent silt; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01807. Many wedge shaped structural components created by cracking mixing clay. Roots are mostly following racks. Varied orientation. Slickensides occur close enough to intersect.; common fine and medium roots; common coarse roots
    1B3ca—70 to 86 centimeters (27.6 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01808. EV in splotches and veins. Upper part is medium and coarse platy structure 3mfabk.; few medium and coarse roots
    1C1ca—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very coarse roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 79P01809. EV in veins and splotches.; few medium and coarse roots; few very coarse roots