IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989ID063020
  • User Pedon ID: 89ID063020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61957
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 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 #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marley
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kinzie
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • 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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00122. few coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00123. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00124. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P00124. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt3—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00125. calcium carbonate veins violently effervescent; matrix is slightly effervescent; cobbleline at the horizon boundary at 20"; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Btk—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00126. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bk—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P00127. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bkq—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist; silt loam; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. 10% cemented nodules and all sides of rock fragments coated with lime and silica; few very fine and fine roots
    Bqkm—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2); fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt broken boundary. roots matted on silica cap; continuous laminar cap ranges from 1 to 2 mm thick; material between the caps is strongly cemented; distance between the caps is 1 to 2 inches; horizon contained approximately 40% cobbles cemented in place
    2R—119 centimeters (46.9 inches); fragments. lime-silica coated, fractured basalt bedrock