IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BALDOCK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957ID045038
  • User Pedon ID: S1957ID045038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1112
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34171
  • 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: 43.9054260
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6923752
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1,200 feet south and 100 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: About 2.3 miles northwest of Letha. Sample was taken from a pit in a hay field.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID045—Gem
  • MLRA: 11—Snake River Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID660—Gem County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leighty
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Haplaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 38
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BALDOCK
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baldock
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1957 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 1 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) dark concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08432
    C1CA—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; loam, silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08433
    C2CA—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A08434
    CBG—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct and 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine distinct mottles; weak subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 medium and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08435
    2C4G—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint and 3 percent black (N 2/0) medium prominent and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium faint and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08436
    2C5G—124 to 170 centimeters (48.8 to 66.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; coarse sand; 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium faint and 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08437
    2C6G—170 to 170 centimeters (66.9 to 66.9 inches); loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A08438