IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluedome
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988ID037002
  • User Pedon ID: 88ID037002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988ID037002
  • User Site Association ID: ID703_DSM_pedonsID703_DSM_p3_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0846
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60964
  • 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: 44.4297218
  • Std. Longitude: -113.5047226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID037—Custer
  • MLRA: 12—Lost River Valleys and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Hipple and D. Jeppsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, carbonatic Xereptic Petrocryids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluedome
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluedome
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, carbonatic, frigid Xerollic Durorthi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (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

    AGSM

    AGSP

    ARTRW

    Agropyron smithii

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

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

    calcic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    duripan

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    0—0

    0—0

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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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    1981

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    23

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    3

    4

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04447. common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bkq1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04448. common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bqk2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04449. Lime and silica 1-2 mm thick, sides and bottom 1 mm.; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bkq3—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), pink (7.5YR 8/4), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04450. common fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bqkm—58 to 64 centimeters (22.8 to 25.2 inches); fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04451. effervescence is continuous
    Bkq4—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04452. common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bkq5—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04453. common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    2Bqk—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04454. many very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous