IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Declo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982ID031007
  • User Pedon ID: 82ID031007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51692
  • 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: 42.0386124
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5177765
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: about 100 feet E and 700 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Cassia County, ID.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID031—Cassia
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. M. Kaisaki
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Declo
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Declo Saline
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Calciorthid
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • 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

    2

    1617

    0

    25

    8

    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate very fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04756. few very fine roots
    1Bw—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04757. common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bk1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04758. common very fine roots
    1Bk2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P04759. 15 percent hard, friable cicada krotovinas.; common very fine roots
    1Bkz—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04760. few fine salt masses concentrations; few very fine roots
    2Bkz—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04761. common fine salt masses concentrations; few very fine roots
    3Abz—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P04762. common fine salt masses concentrations; few very fine roots
    3Bkz—137 to 170 centimeters (53.9 to 66.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular salt masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 82P04763. common fine salt masses concentrations; few very fine roots