IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hooverton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ID015001
  • User Pedon ID: 94ID015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994ID015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95Z0161
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15876
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • 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: 44.0855560
  • Std. Longitude: -116.2672195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet north and 1400 feet east of southwest corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID661—Boise County Area, Idaho, Parts of Ada and Boise Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hooverton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hooverton
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium over residuum weathered from basalt
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: A3
  • 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

    ARTRX

    BASA3

    POA

    PUTR

    SIHY

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. xericensis

    Balsamorhiza sagittata

    Poa

    Puccinellia triflora

    Sitanion hystrix

    big sagebrush

    arrowleaf balsamroot

    bluegrass

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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

    40

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    1189

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    270

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very stony loam; weak medium and coarse platy, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary.
    BA—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very stony loam; strong fine and medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist; very cobbly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly 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 distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95Z01392
    Bt2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; extremely stony clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95Z01392
    R—61 centimeters (24.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.