IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Splittop
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ID023003
  • User Pedon ID: 94ID023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994ID023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0167
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67185
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.6416664
  • Std. Longitude: -113.3569412
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet west and 1050 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: T. 4. S recorded on description changed to T4N
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID023—Butte
  • MLRA: 11—Snake River Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID763—Butte County Area, Idaho, Parts of Butte and Bingham Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Xeric Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Splittop
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Splittop
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Xeric Haplocalcid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1988
  • 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: 8/25/1988 (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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    1660

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01127
    Bw—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01128
    Bk1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01129. 15-25% krot. (25% krot. slake in water).
    Bk2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01130. 15-20% krot. (25% krot. slake in water)
    3R—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 95P01131
    2Bk3—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01131
    Bk4—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 95P01132