IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moonville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ID023002
  • User Pedon ID: 94ID023002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994ID023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67184
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.4449997
  • Std. Longitude: -113.3649979
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet east and 1650 feet south of NW corner
  • Map Unit: 21—Huddle-Moonville complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID023—Butte
  • MLRA: 11—Snake River Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID780—Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chad McGrath and Darwin Jeppesen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic, frigid Typic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Moonville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moonville
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, frigid Calcic Haploxerand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1994
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1994 (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

    ARTRT

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

    basin big sagebrush

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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

    5

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    1646

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    160

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium platy parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01122
    Bw1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01123
    Bw2—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01124
    Bk1—48 to 99 centimeters (18.9 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P01125. A lot of coarse sand (cinders).
    Bkq2—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01126. 1-2 mm thick lime and silica coat under basalt fragment. Some brittleness.
    2R—127 centimeters (50.0 inches); fragments.