IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FANDOW
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982ID059006
  • User Pedon ID: 82ID059006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982ID059006
  • User Site Association ID: ID703_DSM_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0688
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51475
  • 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: 44.2883339
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0133362
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 10 feet E and 1500 feet S of the NW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID059—Lemhi
  • MLRA: 12—Lost River Valleys and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID752—Custer-Lemhi Area, Idaho, Parts of Blaine, Custer, and Lemhi Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, shallow Xereptic Petrocryids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FANDOW
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2004
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fandow
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, cryic, shallow Xerolli
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/1981
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from limestone
  • Landform: fan terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 35.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/12/1981 (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

    AGSP

    ARAR8

    HAAC

    POA

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Haplopappus acaulis

    Poa

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    little sagebrush

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    bluegrass

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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

    5

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    2027

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    90

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03642; moist when described;. Lime and silica coatings and pendants 1-4mm thick on underside of coarse fragments.
    Bw—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03643; moist when described;. Lime coatings 1mm thick on undersides of round coarse fragments. Range is 3-6 inches and discontinuous.
    Bkq—23 to 31 centimeters (9.1 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03644; moist when described;. Lime coatings 1mm thick on undersides of rounded coarse fragments. Lime and silica coatings 1-2mm thick under and sides of coarse fragments.
    Bkqm—31 to 45 centimeters (12.2 to 17.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; very hard, very firm, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 medium interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03645; dry when described;. Lime and silica coatings and pendants 1-4mm thick on underside of coarse fragments. At 12 inches laminar cap is less than 1mm thick. Very fine roots are dead.
    Bkq1—45 to 66 centimeters (17.7 to 26.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 medium interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 85 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03646; dry when described;. Lime and silica pendants(bridging) 3-4mm thick on sides and under coarse fragments. Horizon varies from 3-6 inches thick. Very fine roots are dead.
    Bkq2—66 to 170 centimeters (26.0 to 66.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 medium interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 75 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2. Lab sample # 82P03647; dry when described;. Lime and silica coatings and pendants 1-4mm thick on underside of coarse fragments. Range is 3-6 inches and discontinuous. Very fine roots are dead.