IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986ID077002
  • User Pedon ID: 86ID077002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986ID077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0912
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59206
  • 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: 4
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet W and 1780 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID077—Power
  • MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Newdale
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • 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: lower 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 - 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

    ARTRT

    POPR

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Poa pratensis

    basin big sagebrush

    Kentucky bluegrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—36

    36—86

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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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    1479

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    270

    33

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 13 percent clay; weak coarse platy, and weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05472. many very fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout
    1AB—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine continuous tubular and 5.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05473. many very fine roots throughout; few medium and coarse roots throughout
    1Bw—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine continuous tubular and 5.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05474. common very fine roots throughout; few medium and coarse roots throughout
    1Bk1—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 11 percent clay; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 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 7.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05475. Some pores are filled with reddish-brown material. 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 throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221136; patchy - phpvsfiid 221136
    1Bk2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 11 percent clay; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 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 7.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05476. Some pores are filled with reddish-brown material. 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 throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221137; patchy - phpvsfiid 221137
    1Bk3—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) 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 and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 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 7.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05477. Some pores are filled with reddish-brown material. 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 throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221138; patchy - phpvsfiid 221138
    1Bk4—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 8 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 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; 1 percent very coarse cylindrical insect casts; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05478. few very coarse insects casts concentrations; common lime or carbonate coats surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221139; patchy - phpvsfiid 221139
    1Bk5—109 to 195 centimeters (42.9 to 76.8 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; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 86P05479. few very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous