IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brent
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ID045008
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ID045008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956ID045008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1109
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34168
  • 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: 44.0262604
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5251465
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 680 feet east and 180 feet north of the center of the SW1/4
  • Location Description: Gem SCD. Sample taken from a pit in uncultivated rangeland. (Possibly has been plowed).
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID045—Gem
  • MLRA: 11—Snake River Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID606—Kootenai County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leighty
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brent
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brent
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1956 (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

    BRTE

    Bromus tectorum

    cheatgrass

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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

    5

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    823

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    315

    330

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam, loam; moderate very coarse parts to moderate and strong platy, and weak medium platy parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08411
    A12—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; loam; weak very thick platy parts to moderate and strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08412
    A3181—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; 75 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08413
    B21—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate and strong medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08414. continuous - phpvsfiid 181593; continuous - phpvsfiid 181593
    B22—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; strong fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08415
    B31—63 to 71 centimeters (24.8 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08416. continuous - phpvsfiid 194288; patchy - phpvsfiid 194289; continuous - phpvsfiid 194288; patchy - phpvsfiid 194289
    B32—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds and clay films between sand grains and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08417. continuous - phpvsfiid 194290; patchy - phpvsfiid 194291; continuous - phpvsfiid 194290; patchy - phpvsfiid 194291
    Dr—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive, and weak very thick platy; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 75 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A08418
    D—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and , moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A08419