IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maremma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07-WGH-002
  • User Pedon ID: S07ID033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19932
  • Print Date: 1/11/2025

    • 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: 44.2861938
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1165009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: about 1050 feet South and 800 feet West of the Northeast corner of
  • Location Description: 4.2 MILES EAST AND 2.9 MILES NORTH OF THE UNITED STATES EXPERIMENTAL SHEEP STATION APPROXIMATELY 5 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: Bill Hiett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Maremma
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/2018
  • Classifier - Carla Rebernak
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maremma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Pach
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: very deep


    • 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 slight weathered basalt at 182cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/6/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—43

    74—182

    —43—

    —108—
    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

    —

    —

    1773

    —

    90

    381

    —

    75

    3.6

    —

    —

    4.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots and 8.0 fine roots; 7.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00729; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; loam; 17 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 fine roots; 3.0 medium irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; coarse cylindrical strongly coherent cemented insect casts in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00730; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium irregular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00731; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent coarse cylindrical strongly coherent cemented insect casts in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00732; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—74 to 105 centimeters (29.1 to 41.3 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; weak extremely coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix and fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00733; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—105 to 135 centimeters (41.3 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; 11 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine distinct spherical carbonate masses in matrix and fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00734; observed in pit, small
    Bk3—135 to 164 centimeters (53.1 to 64.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, moist; very fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine irregular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine faint spherical carbonate masses in matrix and 10 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses in matrix and fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-76 millimeter basalt fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00735; observed in pit, small
    Bk4—164 to 182 centimeters (64.6 to 71.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, moist; very gravelly loam; 10 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine vesicular and 4.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; faint carbonate masses lining pores and fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent fine faint threadlike carbonate masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 76-175-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-36-75 millimeter basalt fragments. Lab sample # 08N00736; observed in pit, small