IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sweet
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ID045025
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ID045025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1065
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34124
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 43.9612617
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3248596
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: In a pit 95 feet south and 280 feet west of the NE corner of SE1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Gem County, Idaho, Squaw Creek SCD. , southeast of Sweet.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID045—Gem
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID660—Gem County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leighty
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Haploxerollic Durargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 25
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sweet
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sweet
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1956
  • 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: 10/3/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    50

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    823

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    270

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to weak and moderate fine granular, and weak and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08006; dry when described;
    A12—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08007; moist when described;
    A3—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08008; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 194320; patchy - phpvsfiid 194326; patchy - phpvsfiid 194320; patchy - phpvsfiid 194326
    B1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, clay films on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3), dry, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08009; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 181571; patchy - phpvsfiid 181572; patchy - phpvsfiid 181573; continuous - phpvsfiid 194327; continuous - phpvsfiid 181571; patchy - phpvsfiid 181572; patchy - phpvsfiid 181573; continuous - phpvsfiid 194327
    B2—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08010; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 181574; continuous - phpvsfiid 181574
    B3ca—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; brown (10YR 5/3), dry, clay films on vertical faces of peds and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08011; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 181577; continuous - phpvsfiid 181578; continuous - phpvsfiid 181577; continuous - phpvsfiid 181578
    B3M—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; white (10YR 8/1), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08012; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 181579; patchy - phpvsfiid 181580; patchy - phpvsfiid 181581; continuous - phpvsfiid 181579; patchy - phpvsfiid 181580; patchy - phpvsfiid 181581
    B3SIM—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; very hard, very firm, weakly coherent; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red. Lab sample # 40A08013. patchy - phpvsfiid 181582; patchy - phpvsfiid 181582