IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brent
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957ID045040
  • User Pedon ID: S1957ID045040
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957ID045040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34167
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 43.8318176
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4479218
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet south and 1320 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 4 miles southeast of Emmett, Gem County, Idaho, Gem SCD.
  • 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: Salzmann
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 40
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brent
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brent
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1957 (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

    BRTE

    POSE

    Bromus tectorum

    Poa secunda

    cheatgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

    8

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    914

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    315

    330

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    A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08399
    A12—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08400
    A13—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08401
    A3—8 to 12 centimeters (3.1 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 medium and 0.5 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08402
    B11—12 to 15 centimeters (4.7 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, silt coats between sand grains and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, silt coats between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08403
    B12—15 to 18 centimeters (5.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, clay films between sand grains and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08404. continuous - phpvsfiid 173901; patchy - phpvsfiid 173902; continuous - phpvsfiid 173901; patchy - phpvsfiid 173902
    B21—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08405. continuous - phpvsfiid 173903; continuous - phpvsfiid 173904; continuous - phpvsfiid 173903; continuous - phpvsfiid 173904
    B22—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine roots; brown (10YR 5/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08406. continuous - phpvsfiid 173905; continuous - phpvsfiid 173906; continuous - phpvsfiid 173905; continuous - phpvsfiid 173906
    B31CA—30 to 39 centimeters (11.8 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08407
    B32CA—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; clay films; white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08408
    C1—49 to 75 centimeters (19.3 to 29.5 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist; coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08409
    2C2CA—75 to 75 centimeters (29.5 to 29.5 inches); carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A08410