IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wako
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987ID047002
  • User Pedon ID: 87ID047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60136
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 42.7211113
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6972198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1280 feet S and 1080 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID047—Gooding

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wako
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wako
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Xerollic Durargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (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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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; loamy very fine sand; 5 percent clay; weak very fine platy, and weak very fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00014. 2% gravel.; many very fine roots
    1E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; 6 percent clay; weak very fine platy, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00015. 2% gravel.; common very fine roots
    2Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00016. 5% gravel. Roots are mostly on ped faces. (10YR 7/3) dry, bleached sand and silt grains on tops and sides of peds.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots
    2Bt2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 29 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00017. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine roots
    2Bk1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00018. 2% gravel. (10YR 6/2) lime veins. Matrix—moderately effervescent, lime veins—strongly effervescent.; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    2Bk2—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00019. 2% gravel. 20% thin lime veins.; few very fine roots
    2Bqk—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00020. Few fine and very fine roots on top on laminar cap. 10% strongly cemented nodules.; few very fine roots
    2Bqkm—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; massive; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. 5% gravel. Continuous laminar cap 1-3 mm thick at 89 cm—material beneath cap is strongly cemented—laminar cap coating bedrock at 107 cm. 30% extremely hard, 70% very hard (dry)—30% extremely friable, 70% very friable (moist).
    1R—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); fragments.