IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mellor

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1990ID071002A

User Pedon ID: 90ID071002A

Vegetation Plot ID: S1990ID071002A

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 90P1047

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62980

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: 42.0283318

Std. Longitude: -112.9558334

Datum: WGS84

Township: 16S

Range: 30E

Section: 15

PLSS Details: 150 feet N and 2300 feet E, SW corner

State: Idaho

County: ID071—Oneida

MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

PEDON

Describers Name: Rulon Winward

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 2

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Mellor

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Xerollic Natrargids

PSC - 15 to 30 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990

Moisture Class - aridic (torric)

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: plains

Landform: terrace—stream or lake

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)

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
AGCR	Agropyron cristatum	crested wheatgrass	—	—	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon natric horizon argillic horizon	0—15 15—30 15—30	—- —- —-

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
2	—	—	1372	—	135	25	—	—	9	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

E1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06433. few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

E2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06434. few fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

Btkn—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06435. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

Bk1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots throughout; effervescence is continuous

Bk2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. effervescence is continuous

C1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous

C2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous

C3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, phenol red. few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous