IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010ID017001
  • User Pedon ID: 10ID017001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010ID017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1370
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43389
  • Print Date: 2/7/2025

    • 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: 48.0597222
  • Std. Longitude: -116.2239722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 54N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 430m south and 20m west of the ne corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID017—Bonner
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID670—Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Idaho-Washington-Montana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48116-A2—Derr Point, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brian Gardner, Bruce Knapp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic Andic Haplocryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Conto
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conto-like
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic Andic Haplocryods
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum weathered from quartzite
  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Belt Supergroup formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN674 - subalpine fir/menziesia-grouse whortleberry phase—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: abla-mefe/mefe
  • 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

    ABLA

    LAOC

    MEFE

    PICO

    PIEN

    VAME

    VASC

    XETE

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Larix occidentalis

    Menziesia ferruginea

    Pinus contorta

    Picea engelmannii

    Vaccinium membranaceum

    Vaccinium scoparium

    Xerophyllum tenax

    subalpine fir

    western larch

    rusty menziesia

    lodgepole pine

    Engelmann spruce

    thinleaf huckleberry

    grouse whortleberry

    common beargrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    andic soil properties

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—8

    3—8

    3—41

    8—36

    36—119

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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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    1620

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    120

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N06559; observed in pit, small
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; ashy silt loam; 5 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06560; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06561; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—14 to 23 centimeters (5.5 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06562; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 0.3 very fine roots between peds and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots between peds and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06563; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; very fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.3 very fine roots between peds and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots between peds and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 3 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06564; observed in pit, small
    2Bw2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.1 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine irregular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N06565; observed in pit, small
    2Bw3—56 to 96 centimeters (22.0 to 37.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; channery loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 15 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06566; observed in pit, small
    2BC—96 to 119 centimeters (37.8 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; extremely channery fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 60 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N06567; observed in pit, small
    2C—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; extremely channery fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; 5 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 150-300-380 millimeter quartzite fragments and 85 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 10N06568; observed in pit, small