IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bancroft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987ID029003
  • User Pedon ID: 87ID029003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0690
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59985
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 42.6644440
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8386078
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet N and 350 feet E of SE corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID029—Caribou

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bancroft
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Calcic Pachic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    1Ap2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate very coarse platy, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    1AB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate very coarse platy, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03692. common very fine roots
    1Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03693. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots
    1Bt2—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03694. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    1Bk1—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots
    1Bk2—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    2R—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); fragments. Lime coated smooth basalt.