IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flofeather
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ID015004
  • User Pedon ID: 94ID015004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994ID015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95Z0164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15879
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 43.9036102
  • Std. Longitude: -116.2458344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID661—Boise County Area, Idaho, Parts of Ada and Boise Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MEJ & ALH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Flofeather
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jerusalem
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landform: upper terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 136
  • 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

    ARTRT

    ELCI

    MESA

    STCO4

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    Elsholtzia ciliata

    Medicago sativa

    Stipa comata

    basin big sagebrush

    crested latesummer mint

    alfalfa

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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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    782

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    315

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine irregular and 0.5 medium irregular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary.
    Ap2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95Z01395
    Bw2—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary.
    BC—81 to 132 centimeters (31.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 10 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary.
    C—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy sand; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; 15 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9.