IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ELKCREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID047010
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID047010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID047010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0139
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64378
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.1916656
  • Std. Longitude: -114.0986099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: near center
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID047—Gooding
  • MLRA: 10A—Big and Little Wood River Footslopes and Plains (proposed)
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID681—Wood River Area, Idaho, Gooding County and Parts of Blaine, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ELKCREEK
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkcreek
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium and/or residuum weathered from rhyolite
  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderate weathered rhyolite
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARVA2

    FEID

    Artemisia vaseyana

    Festuca idahoensis

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    Idaho fescue

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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

    4

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    1698

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    0

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00942
    BA—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 medium tubular and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00943
    Bt1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium pores; 75 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00944
    Bt2—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine and 3.0 medium pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-10 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 92P00945. control section contains 5-10% soft rock fragments
    R—66 centimeters (26.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.