IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Letha
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969ID075005
  • User Pedon ID: S1969ID075005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 69C0128
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43701
  • 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: 43.9905548
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7927780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: About 629 meters(2140 feet) south and 124 meters (410 feet) west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Payette County, Idaho. About 3 miles northeast of New Plymouth
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID075—Payette
  • MLRA: 11—Snake River Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID659—Payette County, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. M. Rasmussen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xerollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Letha
  • PSC - 41 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Letha
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DHY-4P-65
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    2

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    647

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    180

    250

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    11

    22

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    AP—0 to 31 centimeters (0.0 to 12.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; strong very fine granular structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00692; moist when described;
    A3—31 to 41 centimeters (12.2 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00693; moist when described;
    B21T—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00694; dry when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 180486; patchy - phpvsfiid 180486
    B22T—51 to 68 centimeters (20.1 to 26.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00695; dry when described;
    B3—68 to 85 centimeters (26.8 to 33.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 0.5 coarse pores; fragments; slight effervescence; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00696; dry when described;
    C1—85 to 110 centimeters (33.5 to 43.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very fine sandy loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 69C00697; dry when described;
    C2—110 to 120 centimeters (43.3 to 47.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), 80 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red. Lab sample # 69C00698; dry when described;