IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lago
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID007005
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID007005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64371
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 42.2566681
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0774994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 46E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1350 feet W and 100 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: Thomas fork 1 1/4 miles SW of Raymond.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID007—Bear Lake
  • MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. McVey
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lago
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Aquic Calcixerolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    CAREX

    JUNCU

    POTEN

    Carex

    Juncus

    Potentilla

    sedge

    rush

    cinquefoil

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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    agric horizon

    0—3

    0—119

    5—61

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    1

    1850

    225

    38

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; 1 percent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) fine prominent and 11 percent 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) medium distinct and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate thin platy, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00906; dry when described;. CaCO3 equivalent (17%); few fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 7.5YR20 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y40 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y56 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    Btk1—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; 1 percent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) fine distinct and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate thick prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00907; dry when described;. CaCO3 eqivalent (26%); few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine carbonate threads concentrations; common very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR20 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR46 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous
    Btk2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; moderate thick prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00908; dry when described;. CaCO3 equivalent (26%); few fine carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; few fine faint 10YR33 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bk1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; 1 percent 2.5Y 6/0 (2.5Y 6/0) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, thymol-blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00909; dry when described;. CaCO3 eqivalent (25%); few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 2.5Y60 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous
    Bk2—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00910; moist when described;. CaCO3 equivalent (21%); few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine carbonate threads concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine faint 10YR33 mottles; effervescence is discontinuous
    CB—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; 1 percent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) fine prominent and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00911; moist when described;. CaCO3 equivalent (14%); few very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 7.5YR20 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR46 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    C—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; 12 percent clay; 1 percent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) fine prominent and 11 percent 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) medium distinct and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, thymol-blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00912; moist when described;. CaCO3 equivalent (11%); few very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 7.5YR20 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y40 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y56 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    2C—160 centimeters (63.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; 80 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 92P00913; moist when described;. CaCO3 equivalent (18%) (<2mm only); effervescence is continuous