IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oxford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979ID041002
  • User Pedon ID: S1979ID041002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0350
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47083
  • 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: 42.2108345
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9452744
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet east and 600 feet south of NW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID041—Franklin
  • MLRA: 28A—Ancient Lake Bonneville

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Vertic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oxford
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oxford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Vertic Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: shale derived from mixed and/or lacustrine deposits derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from mixed
  • Landform: dissected lake terrace
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/17/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—66

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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

    12

    —

    —

    1463

    —

    90

    406

    —

    98

    6.7

    17.5

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    7.5

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01847
    A/B—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; strong fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary.
    Bky1—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01848
    Bky2—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary.
    By—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fine gypsum crystals, unspecified lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 79P01849