IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Graylock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979ID039005
  • User Pedon ID: 79ID039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47079
  • 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: 43.5652778
  • Std. Longitude: -115.1972222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: Pit center of NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 72—Graylock-Broad Canyon complex, 40 to 70 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID039—Elmore
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43115-E2—Grouse Butte, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, superactive Xeric Haplocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Graylock
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/17/2023
  • Classifier - bRIAN gARDNER
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Mollic Cryoboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    3—11

    11—26

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    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

    45

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    —

    1811

    —

    225

    740

    —

    78

    6.8

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Ponderosa pine needles twigs and brnches. Not sampled.
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 50 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01823. common very fine roots
    Bw—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 40 percent clay; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01824. few very fine roots
    C1—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 40 percent clay; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01825. few fine and medium roots; few coarse roots
    C2—36 to 79 centimeters (14.2 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 40 percent clay; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01826. few medium and coarse roots
    C3—79 to 185 centimeters (31.1 to 72.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 40 percent clay; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.1 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01827. few medium and coarse roots