IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mellor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990ID071002
  • User Pedon ID: 90ID071002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990ID071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62981
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.0005569
  • Std. Longitude: -112.9430542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet N and 300 feet E, SW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID071—Oneida
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ray Grow and Rulon Winward
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mellor
  • PSC - 10 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mellor
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    HALOG

    Halogeton

    saltlover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    natric horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    10—38

    10—38

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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

    0

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    1364

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    180

    25

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    9

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    8

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    E—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06436; dry when described;. many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Btn1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06437; dry when described;. top inch has bleached silt grains; many fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Btn2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06438; dry when described;. 20% organic staining on ped faces; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silt loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06439; dry when described;. few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06440; dry when described;. few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    Bk3—71 to 140 centimeters (28.0 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 13 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06441; moist when described;. organic staining in old root channels, 3f lime veins; few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous
    C1—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; 11 percent clay; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06442; moist when described;. mottles are relic; many medium prominent 7.5YR44 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C2—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; silt loam; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 90P06443; moist when described;. feels amorphous; effervescence is continuous