IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TRENTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID041003
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID041003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989ID041003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0804
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61903
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 42.0419426
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8750000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet W and 75 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID041—Franklin
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID714—Franklin County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TRENTON
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2006
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trenton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Natrixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: honneville lakebed
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1989 (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

    ALOPE

    CAREX

    DISTI

    JUNCU

    KOCHI

    Alopecurus

    Carex

    Distichlis

    Juncus

    Kochia

    foxtail

    sedge

    saltgrass

    rush

    molly

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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

    0

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    1379

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    45

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04616
    Bt1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04617
    Bt2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04618
    Btk1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak fine prismatic, and strong fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04619
    Btk2—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04620
    Btk3—84 to 96 centimeters (33.1 to 37.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist; silty clay; 41 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04621
    Btk4—96 to 142 centimeters (37.8 to 55.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 8/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04622
    C—142 to 158 centimeters (55.9 to 62.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4. Lab sample # 89P04623