IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elfkin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010ID039002
  • User Pedon ID: S2010ID039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1359
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43385
  • 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: 43.1650278
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7461111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T 3 S
  • Range: R 6 E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: center
  • Location Description: State owned gravel pit
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID039—Elmore
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID672—Elmore Area, Idaho, Parts of Elmore, Owyhee and Ada Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alan Harkness
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Argidurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elfkin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Argidurids
  • PSC - 20 to 45 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or loess
  • Landform: dome
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated basalt at 125cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: ARTRW8/ACTH7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    A1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; 10 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 0.2 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 irregular pores; ; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 10N06500
    A2—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; 17 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.2 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06501
    AB—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; 21 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.2 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06502
    Bt1—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; 27 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.2 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 2 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06503
    Bt2—35 to 45 centimeters (13.8 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; 31 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots and 0.2 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 4 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 4 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter basalt fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06504
    Bkq—45 to 63 centimeters (17.7 to 24.8 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.2 very fine roots; 0.2 very fine tubular and 0.2 fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter duripan fragments fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06505
    Bkqm—63 to 125 centimeters (24.8 to 49.2 inches);, 10YR (10YR/),, moist; platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; indurated duripan fragments fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 10N06506
    2R—125 centimeters (49.2 inches); fragments.