IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atomic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990ID023003
  • User Pedon ID: 90ID023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990ID023003
  • User Site Association ID: ID772_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0035
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63082
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.5611115
  • Std. Longitude: -112.6524963
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 32E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: South of Twin Butte.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID011—Bingham

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Xeric Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atomic
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atomic
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1990 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTRW

    CRNA

    POSE

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

    Crepis nana

    Poa secunda

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    dwarf alpine hawksbeard

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

    4

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    1585

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    45

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. many very fine roots
    A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many very fine and fine roots; many medium roots
    Bk2—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00209. 20% 3/4" krotovina; firm consistence; common very fine roots
    Bk3—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few 3/4" krotovina; common very fine roots
    2C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. many basalt fragments (coarse sand); few very fine roots