IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): STARHOPE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981ID013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981ID013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981ID013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0072
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50312
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.4527779
  • Std. Longitude: -113.9261093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet E and 900 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: North of Little Fish Creek Reservoir
  • Map Unit: 106—Starhope-Peevywell-Smelter loams, 4 to 30 percent
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID013—Blaine
  • MLRA: 10A—Big and Little Wood River Footslopes and Plains (proposed)
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID680—Blaine County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - STARHOPE
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Starhope
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Palexeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent tuff, welded
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGSP

    ARTRV

    Agropyron spicatum

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

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    mountain big sagebrush

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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

    10

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    1905

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    180

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00367
    A12—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00368
    B1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00369
    Bt21—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay; 45 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 21 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00370
    Bt22—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; clay; 50 percent clay; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine mottles; weak fine prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00371
    Bt3—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00372
    R—76 to 80 centimeters (29.9 to 31.5 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; bedrock; 10 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 82P00373. Welded tuff rippable with backhoe