IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Purdam
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1956ID045010
User Pedon ID:
S1956ID045010
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A1071
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
34130
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
43.8940392
Std. Longitude:
-116.5468140
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
7N
Range:
2W
Section:
35
PLSS Details:
200 feet north and 1,400 feet east of the SW corner
Location Description:
Gem County, Idaho. about 4 miles NW of Emmett.
State:
Idaho
County:
ID045—Gem
MLRA:
11—Snake River Plains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
ID660—Gem County Area, Idaho
PEDON
Describers Name:
M. A. Fosberg
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Camborthids
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
10
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Purdam
Classificaton Date -
1/27/2010
Moisture Class -
xeric
Moisture Subclass -
xeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Purdam
Classificaton Date -
7/23/1956
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landform:
ridge
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/23/1956 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
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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732
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279
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8.9
23.9
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AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08059
B1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) dark concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08060
B21—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08061. continuous - phpvsfiid 181584; continuous - phpvsfiid 181584
B22—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08062. continuous - phpvsfiid 181585; continuous - phpvsfiid 181585
B23—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08063
MCA—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; very hard, very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08064. lime in form of plates and veins in cemented material; appears to have continuous Mn staining.
C—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; strong medium platy structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A08065. discontinuous Mn staining; occasional vertical veins of limes; noncalcareous except for lime veins.