IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thatcherflats
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID029021
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID029021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0800
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61899
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 42.4733315
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7777786
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 40E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 280 feet E and 400 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID029—Caribou

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Cook
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thatcherflats
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (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
    • 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

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; strong very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04589. common very fine roots
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; strong very coarse platy, and moderate medium platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04590. common very fine roots
    Btn—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04591. common very fine roots
    Btkn1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04592. few very fine roots
    Btkn2—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04593. few very fine roots
    Bkn1—64 to 114 centimeters (25.2 to 44.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04594. few very fine roots
    Bkn2—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04595. few very fine roots
    Bkn3—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P04596. few very fine roots