IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Merkley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID007400
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID007400
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0241
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63288
  • 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: 42.2372208
  • Std. Longitude: -111.2675018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 44E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet W and 1350 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: 131-213.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID007—Bear Lake

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Mcvey
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 400
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Merkley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Calcixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (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
    • 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
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    1814

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    45

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 11 percent brown (10YR 4/3) coarse and 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) coarse and 11 percent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) coarse mottles; moderate fine and medium platy, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine void between rock fragments and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01496. soft manganese masses & stain; common fine and medium roots; common very fine roots; common coarse 10YR43 mottles; common coarse 10YR53 mottles; common coarse 7.5YR20 mottles
    Ap2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine and 1 percent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) fine mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01497. soft manganese masses & staining; common fine and medium roots; common very fine roots; few fine 10YR53 mottles; few fine 7.5YR20 mottles
    Bk1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine void between rock fragments and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01498. clay films, F1F ped faces & pores & Bridging; few fine roots; few medium roots
    Bk2—41 to 94 centimeters (16.1 to 37.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01499. Ph used = Cresol red & thymol blue, CaCoz Equivalents (%) 0-2 7,2-9 7,9-18 28,18-37 40,37-48 15,48-59 30,59-70 tr,70+TR; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bk3—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P01500. common very fine roots
    Bk4—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01501. few very fine roots
    C1—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01502. few very fine roots
    3C2—178 centimeters (70.1 inches); extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01503. few very fine roots