IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOUK

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1975ID025005

User Pedon ID: S1975ID025005

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A4235

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40399

Print Date: 12/11/2024

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: 43.2990570

Std. Longitude: -114.8728638

Datum: WGS84

Township: 1S

Range: 13E

Section: 26

PLSS Details: A pit 490 feet west and 50 feet north of the southeast corner

Location Description: Camas County, Idaho.

State: Idaho

County: ID025—Camas

MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID673—Camas County Area, Idaho

PEDON

Describers Name: Charles W. Case and Gary A. Monroe

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Argiaquic Xeric Argialbolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 5

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - HOUK

PSC - 33 to 83 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007

Moisture Class - xeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Houk

Classificaton Date - 11/2/1975

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: alluvial fan

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/2/1975 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: DLF-7T116

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
1	—	—	1524	—	180	356	—	—	4.4	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32290; dry when described;

A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32291; dry when described;

B21T—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1), dry, coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32292; dry when described;

B22T—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32293; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 189294; continuous - phpvsfiid 189294

B23TCA—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32294; dry when described;

B3TCA—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32295; dry when described;

2C1GCA—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); dark greenish gray (5G 4/1) and dark bluish gray (5B 4/1), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; sandy loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32296; dry when described;

2C2G—145 to 155 centimeters (57.1 to 61.0 inches); dark greenish gray (5G 4/1), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) prominent and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) prominent and 3 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) prominent mottles; massive; hard when dry, firm, weakly coherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, thymol-blue. Lab sample # 40A32297; dry when described;