IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BLACK CANYON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957ID045031
  • User Pedon ID: S1957ID045031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1111
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34170
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.8418159
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5440369
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 450 feet west of the center
  • Map Unit: Bh—Black Canyon silty clay loam
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID045—Gem
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID660—Gem County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. J. Leighty
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy, smectitic over mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BLACK CANYON
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Black Canyon
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from granite and/or alluvium derived from basalt and/or alluvium derived from quartz-monzonite
  • Landform: Payette River low terrace
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (N 2/0), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; clay; strong very fine granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08427
    Ag12—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), very dark gray (N 3/0) and dark gray (N 4/0), dry; silty clay, clay; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08428. continuous - phpvsfiid 285424; continuous - phpvsfiid 285424
    Ag13—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0), dark gray (N 4/0) and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine distinct and 1 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine distinct and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine distinct and 1 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; thin dark gray (N 4/0), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine spherical moderately coherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08429. continuous - phpvsfiid 285425; continuous - phpvsfiid 285425
    2Cg1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 1 percent pale olive (5Y 6/4) fine distinct and 1 percent dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) coarse distinct threadlike and 3 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) coarse faint and 3 percent olive (5Y 5/3) coarse faint mottles; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08430
    2Cg2—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); 7.5Y 3/1 (7.5Y 3/1), greenish gray (5GY 5/1), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; 1 percent 7.5Y 3/1 (7.5Y 3/1) fine distinct and 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A08431