IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hopburn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009ID716360
  • User Pedon ID: S09ID033004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009ID716360
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0547
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40027
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.7444153
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5550537
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 08 S
  • Range: 42 E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 822 meters north and 754 meters east of the southwest section corner
  • Location Description: Caribou county, Idaho; about 10.6 km northeast of Soda Springs.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID029—Caribou
  • MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID716—Caribou County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Hiett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Vitrandic Haplocryalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hopburn
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Vitrandic Haplocryalfs
  • PSC - 27 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: travertine alluvium with loess influence
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: Travertine terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/2009 (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

    ARTR4

    ASTER

    BROMU

    CHRYS9

    POA

    TECA2

    Artemisia tripartita

    Aster

    Bromus

    Chrysothamnus

    Poa

    Tetradymia canescens

    threetip sagebrush

    aster

    brome

    rabbitbrush

    bluegrass

    spineless horsebrush

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    109 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—19

    27—109

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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

    1

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    1882

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 19 centimeters (1.2 to 7.5 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) rubbed, brown (7.5YR 4/2) rubbed, dry; silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02299; observed in pit, small
    AB—19 to 27 centimeters (7.5 to 10.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) rubbed, brown (7.5YR 5/3) rubbed, dry; silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02300; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—27 to 39 centimeters (10.6 to 15.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) rubbed, brown (7.5YR 5/3) rubbed, dry; silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on bottom faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02301; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491382; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491382
    Bt2—39 to 72 centimeters (15.4 to 28.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) rubbed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent prominent skeletans on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-50-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 76-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02302; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 491384; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491383; patchy - phpvsfiid 491384; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491383
    Bt3—72 to 88 centimeters (28.3 to 34.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) rubbed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, dry; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay bridges on all faces of peds and 12 percent prominent skeletans on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat 76-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02303; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491385; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491386; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491385; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491386
    Bt4—88 to 109 centimeters (34.6 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, dry; loam; 22 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent skeletans over cutans on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-50-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 76-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N02304; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491387; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491387
    2R—109 centimeters (42.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small