IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atomic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ID013001
  • User Pedon ID: 94ID013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994ID013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0159
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67177
  • 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: 43.1891670
  • Std. Longitude: -113.0430527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 29E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet east and 2000 feet north SW corner
  • Location Description: T. 3. N recorded on description changed to T3S
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID013—Blaine

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atomic
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Xeric Haplocalcid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1992
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1992 (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

    ARTRW

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

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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

    2

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    1560

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    180

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01076
    Bw—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01077
    Btk—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01078
    Bk1—46 to 89 centimeters (18.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P01079
    Bk2—89 to 140 centimeters (35.0 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01080
    2Bkgm—140 to 157 centimeters (55.1 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; moderate medium platy structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01081