IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016ID029001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016ID029001
  • User Site Association ID: R01 - NWCA - 2016 Intensification
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0263
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87670
  • Print Date: 4/27/2024

    • 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: 42.8126600
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5551100
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID029—Caribou
  • MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID716—Caribou County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carla Rebernak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: C. Rebernak
  • 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to strong medium granular structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N01491; observed in pit, small
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent carbonate masses on surfaces along pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N01492; observed in pit, small
    A3—23 to 29 centimeters (9.1 to 11.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 32 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bk1—29 to 47 centimeters (11.4 to 18.5 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) broken face, light brown (7.5YR 6/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 28 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01493; observed in pit, small
    Bk2—47 to 79 centimeters (18.5 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 9 percent sand; 23 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01494; observed in pit, small
    Bk3—79 to 116 centimeters (31.1 to 45.7 inches); 65 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, 65 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 10 percent sand; 22 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 7 percent carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01495; observed in pit, small
    2Cg1—116 to 140 centimeters (45.7 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 13 percent clay; massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume indurated 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01496; observed in pit, small
    2Cg2—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent sand; 8 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine interstitial and 0.1 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume indurated 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 17N01497; observed in pit, small