IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bancroft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959ID013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1959ID013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1123
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34182
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 43.3287888
  • Std. Longitude: -113.6356049
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North side of the Carey Kipuka, Craters of the Moon National Monument, 26 miles east (via road) from Carey, Blaine County, Idaho.
  • Map Unit: 1—Bancroft silt loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID013—Blaine
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID780—Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: V. K. Hugie and H. B. Passey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Calcic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bancroft
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clegg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    19

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    1539

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    0

    330

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    5.6

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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments and 3 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08519
    A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments and 3 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08520
    B21t—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) distinct and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08521. patchy - phpvsfiid 189254; patchy - phpvsfiid 189254
    B22T—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) distinct and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; clay films; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08522. patchy - phpvsfiid 189255; patchy - phpvsfiid 189255
    B3—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments and 21 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08523. patchy - phpvsfiid 189256; patchy - phpvsfiid 189256
    C1CA—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08524
    C2—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter basaltic-ash fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A08525