IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WHEELON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID041001
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID041001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0802
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61901
  • 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: 42.1297226
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0080566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 38E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet E and 1550 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID041—Franklin
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID714—Franklin County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Butler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcixerollic Xerochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WHEELON
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2006
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheelon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcixerollic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/1988
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits and/or loess
  • Landform: lakebed terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent 2- to 76-millimeter 1.00 percent 76- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/28/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    8

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    1509

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04604
    Bk1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04605
    Bk2—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) prominent mottles; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 8 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules and 30 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent fine carbonate masses and 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04606
    Bk3—84 to 125 centimeters (33.1 to 49.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules and 10 percent fine carbonate masses and 10 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses and 30 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04607
    BC—125 to 160 centimeters (49.2 to 63.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), olive (5Y 5/3), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 89P04608