IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Quincy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010ID073001
  • User Pedon ID: S2010ID073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1362
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43388
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 42.9041667
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7188889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T 6 S
  • Range: R 6 E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE/NE1/4
  • Location Description: Bruneau Sand Dunes
  • State: Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID675—Owyhee County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alan Harkness
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Xeric Torripsamments
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Quincy
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Xeric Torripsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands derived from basalt and/or rhyolite
  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: ARTRW8, ATR4, ATCA2,
  • 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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    768

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    90

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.2 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06522
    C1—6 to 72 centimeters (2.4 to 28.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06523
    C2—12 to 160 centimeters (4.7 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence.