IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PICABO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982ID013001
  • User Pedon ID: 82ID013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982ID013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0306
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52548
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 43.3311119
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1616669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet west and 40 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID013—Blaine
  • MLRA: 10A—Big and Little Wood River Footslopes and Plains (proposed)
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID680—Blaine County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, carbonatic, frigid Aquic Calcixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PICABO
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Picabo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGROP2

    DASIP

    POA

    ROSA5

    Agropyron

    Dasiphora

    Poa

    Rosa

    wheatgrass

    shrubby cinquefoil

    bluegrass

    rose

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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

    1

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    1494

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    113

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots top of horizon; 21.0 very coarse interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01390; moist when described;
    AB—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots top of horizon; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01391; moist when described;
    Bkw—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak fine platy, and weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots top of horizon; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01392; moist when described;
    Bkwg—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots top of horizon; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01393; moist when described;
    BCkg—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots top of horizon; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01394; moist when described;
    2Ckg—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), white (5Y 8/1), dry; silt loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 45 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter carbonate concretions fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01395; moist when described;
    3Ckg—130 to 135 centimeters (51.2 to 53.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), pale yellow (5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine faint mottles; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    4Cg—135 to 144 centimeters (53.1 to 56.7 inches); bluish gray (5B 5/1), 2.5Y 6/0 (2.5Y 6/0), dry; sandy clay loam; 21 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium faint and 21 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    5Cg—144 to 155 centimeters (56.7 to 61.0 inches); dark bluish gray (5B 4/1), 2.5Y 5/0 (2.5Y 5/0), dry; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01396; moist when described;
    6Cg—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); dark bluish gray (5B 4/1), 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 55 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0.; moist when described;