IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Akbash
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07-WGH-003
  • User Pedon ID: S07ID033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19931
  • 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: 44.3011398
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0738907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: about 240 feet West and 905 feet South of the Northeast corner
  • Location Description: This pedon is located on the US Experimental Sheep Station. The location is approximately 8 miles East and 8.6 miles North of Dubois, Idaho.
  • Map Unit: 13803—Eaglecone-Blacknoll-Pyrenees, stony complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID033—Clark
  • MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID761—Clark County Area, Idaho, Parts of Clark and Butte Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Glenn Hoffmann
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Pachic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Akbash (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Akbash
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Pach
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2007
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed eolian deposits and loess over basalt
  • Landscape: lava field
  • Landform: lava flow
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated basalt at 97cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R013XY001ID Loamy 12-16 PZ

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    97 - 154

    - 57 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—59

    59—97

    —59—

    —38—
    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

    3

    —

    —

    1838

    —

    180

    431

    —

    60

    2.8

    —

    —

    3.3

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    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00723; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—4 to 20 centimeters (1.6 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00724; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 23 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent coarse distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented insect casts throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00725; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—40 to 59 centimeters (15.7 to 23.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent coarse distinct cylindrical noncoherent cemented insect casts throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00726; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bkq1—59 to 84 centimeters (23.2 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 100 percent prominent silica coats on rock fragments and 100 percent prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 25 percent coarse distinct cylindrical moderately coherent cemented insect casts throughout and 15 percent fine faint threadlike noncoherent cemented light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-75 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00727; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1466524; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466525; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466524; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466525
    Bkq2—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; loam; 13 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; and 25 percent prominent carbonate coats on bottom faces of peds and 25 percent prominent carbonate coats on bottom faces of peds and 25 percent prominent silica coats on top faces of peds and 25 percent prominent silica coats on top faces of peds and 100 percent prominent carbonate coats on rock fragments and 100 percent prominent silica coats on rock fragments; carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix and 10 percent coarse distinct cylindrical moderately coherent cemented insect casts throughout and 15 percent fine faint threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses infused into matrix adjacent to pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-160-250 millimeter basalt fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00728; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1466517; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466519; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466520; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466521; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466522; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466517; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466519; continuous - phpvsfiid 1466518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466520; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466521; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1466522
    2R—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small