IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BRAMWELL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ID045020
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ID045020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956ID045020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1110
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34169
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 43.8868179
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6657028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet south and 500 feet east of the NW corner of the NE1/4 SW1/4
  • Location Description: Gem County, Idaho. Gem SCD. about 8 miles west of Emmett. Sampled from a pit.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID045—Gem
  • MLRA: 11—Snake River Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID660—Gem County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fosberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BRAMWELL
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bramwell
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1956 (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

    ALOPE

    DISTI

    Alopecurus

    Distichlis

    foxtail

    saltgrass

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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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    701

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    305

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    9.4

    23.9

    -1.7

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    Emmett station

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    A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A08420
    A12—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silt loam; strong medium platy structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A08421
    C1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam, silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, slightly rigid, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A08422
    C2CA—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium and coarse distinct and 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium lenticular platy structure; very hard, slightly rigid, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A08423
    C3CA—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium and coarse distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium lenticular platy parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A08424
    C4—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silt loam; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine faint and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate fine lenticular platy parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A08425
    2C5—152 to 152 centimeters (59.8 to 59.8 inches); silty clay loam; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08426