IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LAVACREEK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981ID013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1981ID013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981ID013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50316
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 43.4536095
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6366653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 24E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet W and 400 feet S of the NE corner
  • 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: Medial-skeletal Vitric Haplocryands
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LAVACREEK
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lavacreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Andertic Cryoboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1981
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or colluvium
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: metasedimentary rock, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1981 (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

    ARTRV

    FEID

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Festuca idahoensis

    mountain big sagebrush

    Idaho fescue

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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

    57

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    1829

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00397; dry when described;
    A12—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00398; dry when described;
    B21—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00399; dry when described;
    B22—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00400; dry when described;
    2C1—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots top of horizon; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; ferriargillans throughout; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00401; dry when described;
    2C2—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; extremely gravelly loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # 82P00402; dry when described;
    R—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); bedrock; soft, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 82P00403; dry when described;