IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Meclo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ID015009
  • User Pedon ID: 94ID015009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95Z0169
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15884
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.8080559
  • Std. Longitude: -116.2688904
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 550 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 7.5 miles South and 3 miles west of Horseshoe Bend
  • 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: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Durixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Meclo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mechloud
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aridic Durixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: Lacustrine foot hill
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    1067

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    180

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary.
    AB—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; strong medium granular, and moderate fine and medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95Z01404
    Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 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; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 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; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual wavy boundary.
    Btk—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Crkq—79 centimeters (31.1 inches); cemented material; extremely hard, extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slight effervescence.