IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darkbull
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982ID031005
  • User Pedon ID: 82ID031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0904
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51690
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 42.3316650
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2736130
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: about 50 feet E and 1320 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Cassia County, ID.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID031—Cassia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. A. Monroe
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darkbull
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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

    1

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    1418

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    225

    25

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    8

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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; gravelly loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04743. 15 to 20 percent pebbles.; many very fine roots; common fine roots
    1Bw—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04744. many very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    1Bk1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04745. common very fine roots; few fine roots
    2Bk2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive; soft, very 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 # 82P04746. 30 to 35 percent pebbles.; common very fine roots
    3C—56 to 153 centimeters (22.0 to 60.2 inches); very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P04747. 50 to 70 percent pebbles; about 5 to 10 percent opal coatings on undersides of pebbles.