IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atomic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990ID023004
  • User Pedon ID: 90ID023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990ID023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63083
  • 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: 43.1716652
  • Std. Longitude: -112.8644409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 31E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: West of Springfield, Idaho.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID011—Bingham

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atomic
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Xerollic Calciorthids
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    AGSP

    ARTRW

    CRNA

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

    Crepis nana

    —

    —

    dwarf alpine hawksbeard

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    —

    —

    —

    1448

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many very fine and fine roots
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. many very fine and fine roots; many medium roots
    Bk1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few very fine and fine roots
    Bk2q—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00210. few very fine and fine roots
    Bk3q—64 to 122 centimeters (25.2 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. few very fine and fine roots