IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Watercanyon
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1982ID031004
User Pedon ID:
82ID031004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
82P0903
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
51689
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:
42.4900017
Std. Longitude:
-113.4763870
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
11S
Range:
25E
Section:
1
PLSS Details:
about 2200 feet W and 600 feet N of the SE corner
Location Description:
Cassia County, ID.
State:
Idaho
County:
ID031—Cassia
PEDON
Describers Name:
F. M. Kaisaki
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-silty, mixed, frigid Calcixerollic Xerochrepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Watercanyon
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Watercanyon
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-silty, mixed, frigid Calcixerollic Xerochre
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
7/1/1982
Moisture Class -
xeric
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
hills
Landform:
hillside or mountainside
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
rangeland, grassland
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
7
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1739
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270
14
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7
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1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak very coarse platy structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04735. many very fine and fine roots
1Bw1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04736. many very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
1Bw2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04737. common very fine roots; common medium roots
1Bk1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04738. Many fine irregularly shaped, violently effervescent soft lime seams and filaments; root staining on some ped faces; about 25 percent very hard, friable cicada krotovinas.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
1Bk2—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04739. Many fine irregularly shaped, violently effervescent soft lime seams and filaments; root staining on some ped faces; about 50 percent very hard, friable cicada krotovinas.; common very fine roots
1Bk3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04740. Common fine irregularly shaped, violently effervescent soft lime seams and filaments; about 15 percent hard, friable cicada krotovinas.; few very fine roots
1Bk4—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04741. Common fine irregularly shaped, violently effervescent soft lime filaments and seams; about 15 percent hard, friable cicada krotovinas.; few very fine roots
1C—107 to 170 centimeters (42.1 to 66.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P04742. few very fine roots