IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Robin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992ID011001
  • User Pedon ID: 92ID011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992ID011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65392
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.0516663
  • Std. Longitude: -111.7777786
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 40E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NRST Site J1. SW 1/4
  • Location Description: "Mother" pedon.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID011—Bingham
  • MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43111-A7—Paradise Valley, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Whited and John Warner
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Robin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Cryic Pachic Paleborolls
  • PSC - 78 to 128 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1992
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 104
  • Microrelief Elevation: 30
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ARTRV

    CAFI

    POSE

    STLE4

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Carex filifolia

    Poa secunda

    Stipa lettermanii

    mountain big sagebrush

    threadleaf sedge

    Sandberg bluegrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—78

    78—200

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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

    8

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    1975

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    400

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    A1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00385
    A2—7 to 27 centimeters (2.8 to 10.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00386
    AB—27 to 50 centimeters (10.6 to 19.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00387
    Bw—50 to 78 centimeters (19.7 to 30.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00388. "coats" are uncoated coarse silt and very fine sand grains; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192793; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192793
    Bt1—78 to 118 centimeters (30.7 to 46.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; silty clay loam; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct skeletans over cutans on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00389. continuous - phpvsfiid 192794; continuous - phpvsfiid 192794
    Bt2—118 to 166 centimeters (46.5 to 65.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior, dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct skeletans over cutans on vertical faces of peds and prominent skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00390. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192795; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192796; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192795; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192796
    2Btk—166 to 200 centimeters (65.4 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, dry; gravelly silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and distinct carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 20 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 93P00391. patchy - phpvsfiid 192797; patchy - phpvsfiid 192797