IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PARLEYS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID041002
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID041002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989ID041002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61902
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 42.1140900
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9508133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet E and 1200 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: NE of Dayton. 56 minutes latitude recorded on description changed to 6 minutes latitude.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID041—Franklin
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID714—Franklin County Area, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42111-A8—Weston, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Shields & R. Grow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PARLEYS
  • PSC - 14 to 24 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parleys
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Calcic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium influenced lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: upper lakebed terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    HORDE

    Hordeum

    barley

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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

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    1442

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04609; dry when described;
    Bt—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04610; dry when described;
    Bk1—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04611; moist when described;
    Bk2—40 to 52 centimeters (15.7 to 20.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04612; moist when described;
    Bk3—52 to 70 centimeters (20.5 to 27.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 8 percent clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04613; moist when described;
    C1—70 to 110 centimeters (27.6 to 43.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 5 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04614; moist when described;
    C2—110 to 152 centimeters (43.3 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 2 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 89P04615; moist when described;