IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Uptmor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2009ID057011
  • User Pedon ID: 09ID057011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2009ID057011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1150
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25001
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 46.6812222
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5288333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 36
  • Map Unit: Um1—Uptmor silt loam, 7 to 25 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID610—Latah County Area, IdahoID057—Latah County, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46116-F5—Texas Ridge, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BDG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Uptmor
  • PSC - 21 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Uptmor
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from basalt and loess
  • Landscape: canyonlands
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Geology: Columbia River Basalt group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN260 - Douglas-fir/ninebark—SSR4: Forest Habitat Type - Northern Idaho

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGSP

    AMAL2

    DAGL

    HODI

    PHMA5

    PIPO

    POA

    POTEN

    PSMEG

    ROGY

    ROMU

    SYAL

    THMO

    Agropyron spicatum

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Dactylis glomerata

    Holodiscus discolor

    Physocarpus malvaceus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Poa

    Potentilla

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Rosa gymnocarpa

    Rosa multiflora

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Thamnosma montana

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    Saskatoon serviceberry

    orchardgrass

    oceanspray

    mallow ninebark

    ponderosa pine

    bluegrass

    cinquefoil

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    dwarf rose

    multiflora rose

    common snowberry

    turpentinebroom

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—32

    21—152

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    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

    6

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    663

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    250

    680

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    121

    8.9

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; ashy silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04563; observed in pit, small
    A2—5 to 21 centimeters (2.0 to 8.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 30 percent faint skeletans on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04564; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—21 to 32 centimeters (8.3 to 12.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; gravelly silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds and 0.2 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 45 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct skeletans on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04565; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—32 to 43 centimeters (12.6 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint sand coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 85 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04566; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—43 to 57 centimeters (16.9 to 22.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint sand coats on all faces of peds and 90 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04567; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—57 to 76 centimeters (22.4 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; gravelly silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint sand coats on all faces of peds and 90 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-80-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04568; observed in pit, small
    Bt5—76 to 120 centimeters (29.9 to 47.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; very gravelly silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots between peds and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint sand coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 85 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-80-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-500-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04569; observed in pit, small
    Bt6—120 to 152 centimeters (47.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, moist; very gravelly silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint sand coats on all faces of peds and 5 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 85 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-80-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-500-600 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N04570; observed in pit, small