IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Driscoll
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976ID057004
  • User Pedon ID: 1976ID057004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1976ID057004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 76-ID-2962
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 80040
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.6868611
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9171944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet south and 150 feet east of NW corner
  • Location Description: 600 feet west of county road in grove of trees
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Ultic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Driscoll (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Ultic Palexerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 89 to 139 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1976
  • Classifier - Neil Peterson
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • 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: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN170 - ponderosa pine/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

    CARU

    FEID

    GEVI2

    PIPO

    POGR9

    PSSP6

    ROWO

    SPBE2

    SYAL

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Festuca idahoensis

    Geranium viscosissimum

    Pinus ponderosa

    Potentilla gracilis

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Rosa woodsii

    Spiraea betulifolia

    Symphoricarpos albus

    pinegrass

    Idaho fescue

    sticky purple geranium

    ponderosa pine

    slender cinquefoil

    bluebunch wheatgrass

    Woods' rose

    white spirea

    common snowberry

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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

    11

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    850

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    180

    575

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    7.8

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    8.9

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # ID29621
    Oe—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # ID29622
    A1—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29623
    A2—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29624
    A3—21 to 44 centimeters (8.3 to 17.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and few medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29625
    Bt1—44 to 69 centimeters (17.3 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots and few medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; many very fine tubular and common medium tubular and many fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29626
    Bt2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; many very fine tubular and common medium tubular and many fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29627
    E—84 to 89 centimeters (33.1 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29628
    Btcb1—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; common very fine roots between peds and common fine roots between peds; common very fine tubular and common fine tubular pores; prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29629. prisms are capped with E material; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314513; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314513
    Btcb2—119 to 146 centimeters (46.9 to 57.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and moderate fine prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; common very fine roots between peds and common fine roots between peds; common very fine tubular and common fine tubular pores; prominent brown (7.5YR 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 7.0, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # ID296210. continuous - phpvsfiid 1314514; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314514
    Btb3—146 to 176 centimeters (57.5 to 69.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; common fine roots between peds; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified. Lab sample # ID296211. red stains on ped faces; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314515; continuous - phpvsfiid 1314515