IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Broadax
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985ID069002
  • User Pedon ID: 85ID069002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0980
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57246
  • 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: 46.2486115
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9083328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 592 meters S and 763 meters E of NW corner
  • Location Description: Nez Perce County, Idaho.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID069—Nez Perce
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Hahn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Broadax
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Broadax
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    26—84

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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

    3

    —

    —

    836

    —

    315

    41

    —

    —

    9

    17

    0

    10

    18

    4

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    1Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05306; moist when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    1A—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05307; dry when described;. many very fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05308; dry when described;. Two 1/4 inch wide wavy horizontal bands of moderately thick clay films.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231113; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231113
    1Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; strong fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct , moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05309; moist when described;. Several 1/2 inch wide wavy horizontal bands of moderately thick clay films.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231114; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231115; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231114; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231115
    1Bt3—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05310; dry when described;. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231116; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231116
    1Bw—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05311; dry when described;. few very fine roots throughout
    1Bk—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent carbonate coats on faces of peds; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05312; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231117; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231117
    1Bkb1—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05313; dry when described;. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is discontinuous
    1Bkb2—130 to 188 centimeters (51.2 to 74.0 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 20 percent white (10YR 8/1), 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 85P05314; dry when described;. The white material is firm and slightly brittle when moist.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231119; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231119