IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olaton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID015004
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID015004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0216
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64455
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 43.8855553
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1913910
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SW/NW
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Olaton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Horseshoe Bend
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Ultic Haploxerol
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium
  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1991 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGSP

    ARTRX

    ELCI

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. xericensis

    Elsholtzia ciliata

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    big sagebrush

    crested latesummer mint

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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

    80

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    853

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    0

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01417. few medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01417. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    AB—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 15 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01418. few clay films surface features; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. common clay films surface features; few very fine and fine roots
    BC—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. 36"+ augered
    C—127 to 168 centimeters (50.0 to 66.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. 36"+ augered