IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brifox
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID029022
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID029022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0801
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61900
  • 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: 42.4405556
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7188873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 41E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet S and 250 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID029—Caribou

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kukachka
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brifox
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Xerochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    14

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    1573

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    180

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate thick platy, and moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04597. very top is 3MPL structure; at surface, cracks are 5/8" to 1 1/2" wide at 20" they are 5/8" to 1 3/4" wide, they go down 42-43"; common very fine roots
    AB—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate thick platy, and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04598. at surface, cracks are 5/8" to 1 1/2" wide, at 20" they are 5/8" to 1 3/4" wide, they go down 42-43"; common very fine roots
    Bw1—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04599. in some cracks, roots are 3VF; at surface, cracks are 5/8" to 1 1/2" wide, at 20" they are 5/8" to 1 3/4" wide, they go down 42-43"; common very fine roots
    Bw2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04600. in some cracks, roots are 3VF; (2.5Y 6/2) moist color mottles on 50% of ped faces; at surface, cracks are 5/8" to 1 1/2" wide. at 20" they are 5/8" to 1 3/4" wide, they go down 42-43"; common very fine roots
    Bw3—64 to 109 centimeters (25.2 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04601. (2.5y 6/2) moist color mottles on about 70% of ped faces, less than 1% of mottled surface is (2.5Yr 4/6) Fe concretions; at surface, cracks are 5/8" to 1 1/2" wide, at 20" they are 5/8" to 1 3/4" wide, they go down 42-43"; common very fine roots
    C1—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silty clay; strong thick platy, and strong very thick platy structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04602. plates are inclined about 60 degrees from horizontal; no pores, roots and water traveling along cracks; 75% of peds have coatings of ash (VFS size) (10YR 8/2) dry color; less than 5% of ped face has Fe concretions of (7.5YR 5/6) moist color; common very fine roots
    C2—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silty clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 89P04603. no pores, roots and water traveling along cracks; 75% of peds have coatings of ash (VFS size) (10YR 8/2) dry color; few very fine roots