IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchollow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID007004
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID007004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989ID007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0670
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61770
  • 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: 42.0302773
  • Std. Longitude: -111.4225006
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 43E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet E and 200 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID007—Bear Lake

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kukachka
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchollow
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bear Lake
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1989 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTRV

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    mountain big sagebrush

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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

    18

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    1966

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    90

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03761. many very fine roots
    A2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03762. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    BA—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03763. common medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bt1—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03764. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bt2—74 to 132 centimeters (29.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03765. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots
    Btk—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P03766. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots