IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID063013
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID063013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61956
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 23
  • Location Description: Richfield; NE
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID063—Lincoln

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marley
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    1396

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00115. few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; moderate coarse platy, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00116. plow pan; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00117. 25% of peds have bleached sand and silt grains; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00118. moist color is close to (2.5Y 4/4); 75% of peds have bleached sand and silt grains; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    Btb3—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00119. trace of fine gravel near ped faces; slickensides oriented at 35-40 degree angle; few very fine and fine roots
    Btkb—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00120. matrix is slightly effervescent and lime veins are violently effervescent; few very fine roots
    Bkb—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00121. 10% lime-silica cemented peds and gravel is lime-silica coated; few very fine roots
    Bqkb—130 to 140 centimeters (51.2 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. 10% lime-silica cemented peds and gravel is lime-silica coated; few very fine roots
    Bqkmb—140 to 147 centimeters (55.1 to 57.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. 25% of time laminar cap < 1mm thick - "peds" strongly cemented - matrix weakly cemented 3 f abk but the whole appears massive
    B2qkmb—147 to 180 centimeters (57.9 to 70.9 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. laminar cap < 1mm thick at 59" - material below is weakly cemented - 3 f abk "peds" which are strongly cemented, matrix is weakly cemented - cap was 85% continuous