IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Southwick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977ID057008
  • User Pedon ID: 1977ID057008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 77-ID-2980
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 80084
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.9856861
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9446778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet south and 10 feet west of NE corner of sw/4, nw/4
  • 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
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID057—Latah County, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Karl Hipple
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Xeric Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: deep loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • 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: 6/30/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Karl Hipple
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    909

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    360

    560

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    8

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    9

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many very fine interstitial and many fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29801
    Ap2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many very fine interstitial and many fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29802
    Bw—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky 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; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29803
    Bt—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky 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; 3 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29804
    Ec1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29805
    Ec2—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots; common very fine tubular and common fine tubular pores; 25 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29806
    Btcb1—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots between peds and common fine roots between peds; many fine tubular pores; silt coats on top faces of peds and 7 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores and 8 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 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 # ID29807
    Btcb2—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few medium roots between peds and common fine roots between peds; many fine tubular pores; silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores and 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29808
    Btcb3—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few fine roots; many fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent medium spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # ID29809