IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bouldercreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94ID035001
  • User Pedon ID: 1994ID035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 94ID035001
  • User Site Association ID: 8788
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 40B
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0128
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67146
  • 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: 46.8424988
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7708359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Benton Butte area above Dworshak.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID035—Clearwater
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID612—Clearwater Area, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46115-G7—Bertha Hill, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Rust
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic, frigid Typic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bouldercreek
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buttecreek
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum weathered from gneiss
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9-4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ABGR

    ACGL

    ADBI

    ALSI

    ASCA

    BRVU

    CHUM

    CLUN

    COCA

    COOC

    GOOB

    LOUT

    MEFE

    POMU

    PSME

    PYAS

    SYAL

    THPL

    VIOR

    Abies grandis

    Acer glabrum

    Adenocaulon bicolor

    Allium simillimum

    Asarum canadense

    Bromus vulgaris

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Clarkia unguiculata

    Cocculus carolinus

    Coptis occidentalis

    Gonolobus obliquus

    Lomatium utriculatum

    Menziesia ferruginea

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Pyrola asarifolia

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Thuja plicata

    Viola orbiculata

    grand fir

    Rocky Mountain maple

    American trailplant

    simil onion

    Canadian wildginger

    Columbia brome

    pipsissewa

    elegant clarkia

    Carolina coralbead

    Idaho goldthread

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    common lomatium

    rusty menziesia

    western swordfern

    Douglas-fir

    liverleaf wintergreen

    common snowberry

    western redcedar

    darkwoods violet

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

    ochric epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—13

    13—61

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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

    60

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    1372

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    330

    1016

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00868
    Oe—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Oi—5 to 3 centimeters (2.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bw1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dry; loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00869
    Bw2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 3 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00870
    2Bw3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; gravelly loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 3 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00871
    2BC—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00872
    2C1—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 8 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 75 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 10 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 35 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00873
    2C2—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 6 percent clay; weak massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00874
    2C3—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, dry; very cobbly loamy sand; 6 percent clay; weak massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P00875