IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rexburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986ID005004
  • User Pedon ID: 86ID005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986ID005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0914
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59208
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 42.4899178
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9680405
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 38E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet E and 400 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID005—Bannock
  • MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chad McGarth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rexburg
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rexburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, frigid Calcic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1986 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGSP

    ARVA2

    BASA3

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia vaseyana

    Balsamorhiza sagittata

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    arrowleaf balsamroot

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—45

    45—89

    89—127

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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

    12

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    1678

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    225

    38

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05490. many very fine roots throughout; many fine and medium roots throughout
    1A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 fine and medium continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05491. Roots run horizontally along lower boundary.; many very fine roots throughout; many fine and medium roots throughout
    1AB—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05492. common very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout
    1Bw1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 11 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05493. common very coarse insects casts concentrations; common very fine roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout
    1Bw2—48 to 89 centimeters (18.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 11 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05494. common very coarse insects casts concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; few fine and medium roots throughout
    1Bk1—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05495. common lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221143; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221143
    1Bk2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05496. many lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221144; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221144
    1Bk3—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 13 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 86P05497. few lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221145; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221145