IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arbus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988ID059001
  • User Pedon ID: 88ID059001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988ID059001
  • User Site Association ID: ID703_DSM_pedonsID703_DSM_p3_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0848
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60966
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 44.3252792
  • Std. Longitude: -113.1205521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID059—Lemhi
  • MLRA: 12—Lost River Valleys and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Karl Hipple
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, carbonatic Xeric Calcicryids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arbus
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arbus
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, carbonatic, frigid Xerollic Calcio
  • 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: middle third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • 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

    AGSP

    ARAR8

    PONE3

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia arbuscula

    Poa nevadensis

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    little sagebrush

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

    calcic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    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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    2134

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    45

    23

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    3

    4

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04467. many medium roots; many very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bk—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04468. Approximately 15% are pan fragments. Lime coats 1 mm undersides and sides of coarse fragments silt coats 1 mm.; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bkq1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04469. There are areas with 1 mm laminar cap (approimately 30% of horizon).; common very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bkq2—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04470. Lime and silica coats 1-3 mm, undersides and sides of coarse fragments.; many very fine and fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    2Bkq3—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; extremely gravelly loamy coarse 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 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04471. Pockets of strongly and violently effervescent—finer textured pockets are violently effervescent. Many appear to be dead (approximately 20% alive).; many very fine and fine roots
    2Bkq4—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 88P04472. This horizon is extremely stratified—these are lenses of fragmented material dominantly fine gravel, there are pockets of weakly cemented materials, thin lenses with gery gravelly sandy loam, and alternating lenses and layers of materia