IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GEM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957ID045041
  • User Pedon ID: S1957ID045041
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957ID045041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34153
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.9601517
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4359741
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet east and 700 feet south of the center of the NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 6.5 miles northeast 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: Leighty
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Calcic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 41
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GEM
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gem
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1957 (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

    LUPIN

    Bromus tectorum

    Lupinus

    cheatgrass

    lupine

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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

    25

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    1067

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    90

    330

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    A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam, loam; moderate very fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08280
    A12—1 to 9 centimeters (0.4 to 3.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak angular blocky, and very thick subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08281
    A13/A3—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08282
    B1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam, clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08283. continuous - phpvsfiid 173908; continuous - phpvsfiid 173909; continuous - phpvsfiid 173908; continuous - phpvsfiid 173909
    B21—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam, coarse sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08284. continuous - phpvsfiid 189189; continuous - phpvsfiid 189190; continuous - phpvsfiid 189189; continuous - phpvsfiid 189190
    B22—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam, fine gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08285. continuous - phpvsfiid 189191; continuous - phpvsfiid 189192; continuous - phpvsfiid 189191; continuous - phpvsfiid 189192
    B3—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08286. continuous - phpvsfiid 189193; continuous - phpvsfiid 189194; continuous - phpvsfiid 189193; continuous - phpvsfiid 189194
    B3CA—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on faces of peds and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08287. patchy - phpvsfiid 189195; patchy - phpvsfiid 189196; patchy - phpvsfiid 189195; patchy - phpvsfiid 189196
    Drca—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and olive (5Y 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive (5Y 4/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and black (7.5YR 2/1), moist; carbonate concretions; fragments.