IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BATTLE CREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID041004
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID041004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989ID041004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61904
  • Print Date: 9/25/2024

    • 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: 42.0175018
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8558350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet E and 1400 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: D.Shields & R. Grow
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Vertic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BATTLE CREEK
  • PSC - 28 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Battle Creek
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Vertic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvial influence lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: dissected lakebed
  • 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

    1

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    1372

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    225

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    Ap1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04624; dry when described;
    Ap2—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04625; dry when described;
    Bt—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P04626; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 268918; continuous - phpvsfiid 268920; continuous - phpvsfiid 268918; continuous - phpvsfiid 268920
    Btk—51 to 67 centimeters (20.1 to 26.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; prominent clay films on all faces of peds and prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04627; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 269402; continuous - phpvsfiid 269403; continuous - phpvsfiid 269402; continuous - phpvsfiid 269403
    Bk1—67 to 83 centimeters (26.4 to 32.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist; clay; 40 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04628; moist when described;. Has common 1/2" diameter splotches. Has pressure faces or peds. They appear to be from deposition rather than development.
    Bk2—83 to 115 centimeters (32.7 to 45.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04629; moist when described;. Has common 1/2" diameter splotches. Has pressure faces or peds. They appear to be from deposition rather than development.
    C1—115 to 136 centimeters (45.3 to 53.5 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; clay; 35 percent clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; loose, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04630; moist when described;. Has pressure faces or peds. They appear to be from deposition rather than development.
    C2—136 to 162 centimeters (53.5 to 63.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; strong medium angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8. Lab sample # 89P04631; moist when described;. Has pressure faces or peds. They appear to be from deposition rather than development.