IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tadpole
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999ID001003
  • User Pedon ID: 99ID001003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999ID001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0208
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11716
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 43.1861115
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1791687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SE/SE
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID001—Ada
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID666—Ada County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Durinodic Haplocalcids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tadpole
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tadpole
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Durinodic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/1999
  • 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: 8/2/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 86
  • 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

    POSA

    Poa saltuensis

    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

    2

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    963

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    270

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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; 12 percent clay; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 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 7.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. reaction: e; Tb rock, durinodes: 5xgr
    Bk—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 13 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01536. reaction: em; Tb rock, durinodes: 5xgr
    Bkg1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01537. reaction: ev; Tb rock, durinodes: 5xgr, 50% durinodes
    Bkg2—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. reaction: ev; Tb rock, durinodes: 5xgr, 20% durinodes
    2Bkgn—74 to 119 centimeters (29.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam, fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; strong fine and medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine and 1.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01538. reaction: eo; c.f.: 2 t po relict; Tb rock, durinodes: 5xgr, durinodes; peds cem/w silica durinodes for all practical purposes; 3fmss of salt (or gyp)/w CaCO3 es.
    2Bkg3—119 to 168 centimeters (46.9 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam, fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. reaction: ev; Tb rock. durinodes: 10xgr; discont. sub horizons - v. strongly cem 1-3mm thick, 3-8 inch apart.
    2Bkgm—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); extremely hard, extremely firm*; brittle; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. reaction: ev; Tb rock, durinodes: 10xgr; cont. v. strongly cem duripan.