IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GEM
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957ID045042
  • User Pedon ID: S1957ID045042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1093
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34152
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 44.0432053
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4870911
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2,000 feet north and 1,600 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 11.5 miles north of Emmett, Gem County, Idaho, Gem SCD. Sampled from a fresh road cut along a new road just constructed for a power line.
  • 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 #: 42
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - GEM
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gem
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent
  • 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
    • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; cobbly clay loam, gravel; very thick platy parts to weak thin platy, and moderate and strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08272
    B1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; cobbly clay, gravel; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08273. patchy - phpvsfiid 189197; patchy - phpvsfiid 189197
    B21—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08274. continuous - phpvsfiid 189198; continuous - phpvsfiid 189199; continuous - phpvsfiid 189198; continuous - phpvsfiid 189199
    B22—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate very coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08275. continuous - phpvsfiid 189200; continuous - phpvsfiid 189201; continuous - phpvsfiid 189200; continuous - phpvsfiid 189201
    B23—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; cobbly clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08276. continuous - phpvsfiid 189202; continuous - phpvsfiid 189203; continuous - phpvsfiid 189202; continuous - phpvsfiid 189203
    B24CA—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; cobbly clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films in root channels and/or pores and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08277. continuous - phpvsfiid 189204; continuous - phpvsfiid 189205; continuous - phpvsfiid 189204; continuous - phpvsfiid 189205
    B3CA—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; cobbly clay loam; strong angular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 75 percent clay films; pale brown (10YR 6/3) carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red. Lab sample # 40A08278
    2CRCA—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A08279