IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999ID001002
  • User Pedon ID: 99ID001002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999ID001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0207
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11715
  • 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: 43.2213898
  • Std. Longitude: -115.9922256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NW1SW
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID001—Ada
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID666—Ada County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal over cindery, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrixerandic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ota
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ota
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal over cindery, mixed over amorphic,
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/1999
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 27
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ARSPE

    ARTRW

    GRSP

    POSA

    SIHY

    Arnica spathulata var. eastwoodiae

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

    Grayia spinosa

    Poa saltuensis

    Sitanion hystrix

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    spiny hopsage

    oldpasture 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

    45

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    1021

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    315

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01534. reaction: eo; scoria (cinders) (sieved): 15xgr, 5xcb
    Bw1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; gravelly loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01535. reaction: eo; scoria (cinders) (sieved): 20xgr, 5xcb
    Bw2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. reaction: eo; scoria (cinders) (sieved): 35xgr, 5xcb
    Bw3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. reaction: eo; scoria (cinders) (sieved): 80xgr, 5xcb; 5% voids up to .5cm dig.
    Bk—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; 4 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. reaction: em; scoria (cinders) (sieved): 80xgr, 5xcb; 5% voids up to .5cm dig.
    Bkg1—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); extremely gravelly coarse sand; massive; extremely firm*, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; fragments; clear wavy boundary. reaction: ev; roots: in fract.; scoria (cinders) (sieved): 80xgr, 5xcb; 10% voids up to 3 cm diameter, 10-15% fines <2mm; discont. thin laminar cups over cinders/ >50% of matrix is moderately cem/w k&g not typic pan.
    Bkg2—97 to 183 centimeters (38.2 to 72.0 inches); fragments. fragmental scoria with lime as thin coats on undersides, same pockets of roots - 5% stones and boulders.