IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): OWYHEE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966ID075002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966ID075002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34173
  • 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: 44.0849991
  • Std. Longitude: -116.8922195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: A pit locate about 70 feet west of the county road at a point 70 feet west and 1500 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Payette County, Idaho. Approximately 1 mile northeast of Payette
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID075—Payette
  • MLRA: 11—Snake River Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID659—Payette County, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas W. Priest and Lawerence M. Rasmussen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Xerollic Camborthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - OWYHEE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Owyhee
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DHY-1P-9
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    692

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    270

    279

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    11.1

    22.2

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08447
    B21—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08448
    B22—35 to 69 centimeters (13.8 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08449
    C1CA—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1), brown (10YR 5/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; silt loam; massive, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08450
    C2—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; silt loam; massive, and weak medium platy; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08451
    C3—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt; massive, and strong medium platy; slightly hard, very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08452
    2C4—147 to 168 centimeters (57.9 to 66.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, cresol red. Lab sample # 40A08453