IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Declo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986ID023001
  • User Pedon ID: 86ID023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986ID023001
  • User Site Association ID: ID772_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0915
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59209
  • 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: 43.5166664
  • Std. Longitude: -112.9916687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet W and 650 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: Wepp site located on Doe site, near ERB1 Reactor.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID023—Butte
  • MLRA: 11B—Upper Snake River Plains (proposed)

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chad McGarth, Jerry Richard, Harold Maxwell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Xerollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Declo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Declo
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, frigid Xerollic Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • 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

    ARTRW

    CHVI8

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

    Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

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    yellow rabbitbrush

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—19

    19—34

    34—115

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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

    7

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    1523

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    135

    23

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine platy, and weak medium platy, and weak fine granular structure; soft, 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 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05498. Platy structure is poorly developed under sagebrush.; many very fine roots throughout; many fine and medium roots throughout
    1A2—8 to 19 centimeters (3.1 to 7.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak coarse platy, 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 2.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05499. many very fine roots throughout; many fine and medium roots throughout
    1Bw—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05500. many very fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    2Bk1—34 to 61 centimeters (13.4 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots in cracks and 2.5 fine roots in cracks; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 30 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05501. Root mats in vertical cracks.; many very coarse insects casts concentrations; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots in cracks; few medium roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 221146; continuous - phpvsfiid 221146
    2Bk2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; massive; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots in cracks and 2.5 fine roots in cracks; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 55 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 30 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05502. Root mats in vertical cracks.; many very coarse insects casts concentrations; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots in cracks; few medium roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 221147; continuous - phpvsfiid 221147
    2Bk3—86 to 115 centimeters (33.9 to 45.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; 9 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 30 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05503. many very coarse insects casts concentrations; few lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221148; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221148
    2C1—115 to 145 centimeters (45.3 to 57.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 8 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 11 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05504. common very coarse insects casts concentrations; common fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    2C2—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 8 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 86P05505. common fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; effervescence is continuous