IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986ID077001
  • User Pedon ID: 86ID077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0911
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59205
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 42.4916649
  • Std. Longitude: -112.8249969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet E and 1630 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID077—Power
  • MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chad McGrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, frigid Calciorthidic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Newdale
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Newdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, frigid Calciorthidic Haploxer
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • 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: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • 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 - 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

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—23

    23—38

    38—102

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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

    2

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    1487

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    270

    33

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    1Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05464. common very fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine continuous tubular and 5.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05465. common very fine roots throughout
    1Bw1—23 to 34 centimeters (9.1 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine continuous tubular and 5.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05466. common very fine roots throughout
    1Bw2—34 to 38 centimeters (13.4 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine continuous tubular and 5.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05467. common very fine roots throughout
    1Bk1—38 to 42 centimeters (15.0 to 16.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 11 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 55 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 11 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05468. Exhibits some brittleness when moist.; common very coarse insects casts concentrations; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221132; patchy - phpvsfiid 221132
    1Bk2—42 to 74 centimeters (16.5 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 11 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 55 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 11 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05469. Exhibits some brittleness when moist.; common very coarse insects casts concentrations; many lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221133; patchy - phpvsfiid 221133
    1Bk3—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 9 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 37 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 # 86P05470. common lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221134; patchy - phpvsfiid 221134
    1Bk4—102 to 162 centimeters (40.2 to 63.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 8 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 86P05471. few lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221135; patchy - phpvsfiid 221135