IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bancroft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987ID029006
  • User Pedon ID: 87ID029006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0693
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59988
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 42.6530571
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8161087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 40E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet N and 300 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID029—Caribou

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McVey
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bancroft
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Calcic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. many very fine and fine roots
    1Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03700. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bt2—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03701. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bk1—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03702. common very fine roots
    1Bk2—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots
    1Bk3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 0.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. few very fine roots