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

    1739

    270

    14

    7

    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