IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Turnerville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ID081001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ID081001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956ID081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34120
  • 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: 43.8577766
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0468063
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 46E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 140 feet south along the Idaho Wyoming state line and 30 feet west from the intersection of road and state line south of badger creek in SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Teton county, Idaho, Teton SCD. 6.5 miles northeast of Tetonia
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID081—Teton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID767—Teton Area, Idaho and Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leighty
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Turnerville
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CXV-6B202
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    CARU

    GAYLU

    PICO

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Gaylussacia

    Pinus contorta

    pinegrass

    huckleberry

    lodgepole pine

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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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    2012

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    225

    584

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    3.9

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    ; fragments. Rhyolite bedrock.
    Aoo—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A07957. Brown, very slightly decomposed pine needles, cones, aspen, leaves, and twigs; ranges from 1/8 to 1/4 inches in thickness. No sample.
    Ao1—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 40A07958. Very dark brown, partially decomposed, matted pine needles, cones, and few aspen leaves and twigs; few spots of white fungi; ranges from 3/4 to 2 inches in thickness.
    Ao2—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; very fine granular structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A07959. Very dark gray, very fine crumb, well decayed organic matter; not continuous and very thin. No sample for Riverside.
    A21—6 to 7 centimeters (2.4 to 2.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate very thin platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07960. In places some charcoal. In places some lenses of dark organic material. In other places there are prominent, yellowish-brown mottles. A2 has an irregular surface of micro mounds and depressions up to 3 inches in elevation and several inches across. Ranges from 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches thick. This sample includes some pockets of organic matter.
    A22—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse faint and 21 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse faint mottles; weak medium platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) dark concretions and 21 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07961. some burned carbon; very few pockets of higher organic matter.
    A23—10 to 24 centimeters (3.9 to 9.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse faint and 21 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse faint mottles; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07962
    A24—24 to 34 centimeters (9.4 to 13.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07963
    A2B1—34 to 36 centimeters (13.4 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), light gray (10YR 7/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07964
    B2A2—36 to 44 centimeters (14.2 to 17.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.1 fine pores; brown (10YR 5/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07965. In places the brown and light-gray materials occur as horizontal bands with abrupt lower and upper surfaces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 181597; continuous - phpvsfiid 181598; continuous - phpvsfiid 181597; continuous - phpvsfiid 181598
    B21—44 to 80 centimeters (17.3 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay, silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.1 fine pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07966. the upper part has some light-gray silty specking in some of the vertical cracks, which becomes much less in the lower part.; continuous - phpvsfiid 181599; continuous - phpvsfiid 181599
    B22—80 to 138 centimeters (31.5 to 54.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine pores; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07967. vertical surfaces have moderate light-gray silty specking, which in places penetrates the ped to some extent; there are three or more horizontal and parallel bands consisting of continuous dark reddish-brown clay films.; continuous - phpvsfiid 194321; continuous - phpvsfiid 194321
    B3—138 to 184 centimeters (54.3 to 72.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam, silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07968. some of vertical surfaces have moderate light-gray specking; there are one or more bands 1/2 in thickness, consisting of dark reddish-brown clay concentrations as coatings, but above this band is a considerable amount of light-gray specking.; patchy - phpvsfiid 194322; continuous - phpvsfiid 194323; patchy - phpvsfiid 194322; continuous - phpvsfiid 194323
    Cca1—184 to 214 centimeters (72.4 to 84.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07969
    Cca2—214 to 224 centimeters (84.3 to 88.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), white (10YR 8/1), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07970
    C—224 to 235 centimeters (88.2 to 92.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), white (10YR 8/1), dry; silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A07971. scattered pebbles of rhyolite; occasional light brownish-gray lime vein.
    R—235 to 250 centimeters (92.5 to 98.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A07972. Partially decayed rhyolite mixed with soil material.