IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DARRAH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID047013
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID047013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID049013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0142
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64381
  • 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: 43.1113892
  • Std. Longitude: -114.3602753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • 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-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DARRAH
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Darrah
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: basalt plain
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/28/1991 (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

    AGSP

    ARTRX

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. xericensis

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    big sagebrush

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

    ochric epipedon

    mollic epipedon

    0—5

    5—18

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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

    1

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    315

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse platy, and weak fine and medium 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 tubular and 3.0 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00955
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; 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 tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00956
    BA—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00957
    Bt1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), dry, and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00958. bleached silt grains on peds- matrix is 10YR 5/3 and 10YR 3/3, surface is 10YR 6/8 and 10YR 4/3
    Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 85 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, and 10YR 2/3 (10YR 2/3), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00959. bleached silt grains on peds- matrix is 10YR 5/3 and 10YR 2/3, surface is 10YR 6/3 and 10YR 4/3
    Btb1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00960. roots on ped faces-very few penetrate peds
    Btb2—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # 92P00955