IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Joel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976ID057003
  • User Pedon ID: 1976ID057003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1976ID057003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 76-ID-2961
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 80039
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 46.6796944
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7471944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SW/4, NW/4, NW/4
  • Location Description: about 400 feet south of Troy-Kendrick Road
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil Peterson, Mark Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, 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
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Joel (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 70 to 120 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1976
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: deep loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN310 - Douglas-fir/common snowberry—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/1976 (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

    AMAL2

    ARCO9

    ARMA18

    BRIN2

    BRVU

    CAGE2

    CARU

    PHMA5

    PIPO

    PSMEG

    SPBE2

    SYAL

    THOC

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Arnica cordifolia

    Arenaria macrophylla

    Bromus inermis

    Bromus vulgaris

    Carex geyeri

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Physocarpus malvaceus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Spiraea betulifolia

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Thalictrum occidentale

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    heartleaf arnica

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    smooth brome

    Columbia brome

    Geyer's sedge

    pinegrass

    mallow ninebark

    ponderosa pine

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    white spirea

    common snowberry

    western meadow-rue

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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

    28

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    773

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    315

    685

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    6.7

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    7.8

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # ID29611
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # ID29612
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots and many medium roots and many fine roots; many very fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29613
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and common medium roots and many fine roots; common very fine high-continuity tubular and common fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29614
    AB—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common medium roots and common fine roots; common very fine high-continuity tubular and few medium moderate-continuity tubular and common fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29615
    B/E—43 to 70 centimeters (16.9 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many medium roots and common fine roots and common coarse roots; many very fine high-continuity tubular and common medium moderate-continuity tubular and many fine high-continuity tubular and pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29616
    Btc1—70 to 107 centimeters (27.6 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many medium roots and many fine roots and common coarse roots; many very fine high-continuity tubular and common medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29617
    Btc2—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine high-continuity tubular and common fine high-continuity tubular pores; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29618. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314508; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314508
    Btc3—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine high-continuity tubular and common fine high-continuity tubular pores; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29619. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314509; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314509
    Btc4—178 to 193 centimeters (70.1 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine high-continuity tubular and common fine high-continuity tubular pores; prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified. Lab sample # ID296110. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314510; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314510