IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MULDOON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981ID013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1981ID013008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981ID013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0080
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50320
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 43.5105553
  • Std. Longitude: -114.0625000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet E and 2500 feet S of the NW 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MULDOON
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2005
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muldoon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Ultic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1979
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1979 (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

    7

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    1676

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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00425
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00426
    B1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00427
    Bt21—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00428
    Bt22—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00429
    Bt23—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay; 50 percent clay; weak fine and medium prismatic, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00430
    Bt24—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly clay; 50 percent clay; weak fine and medium prismatic, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent thick clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thick clay films on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00431
    Bsm31—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; massive; extremely hard, very firm by silica, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00432
    Bs32—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; very cobbly sandy clay loam; massive; loose, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # 82P00433