IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shirts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995ID015011
  • User Pedon ID: 1995ID015011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995ID015011
  • User Site Association ID: 8831
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - DT
  • Transect Stop Number - 57
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0937
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67944
  • 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: 44.1208344
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1752777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SE 1/4; 1950 feet N, 100 feet W of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 3 miles north and 3 miles west of Banks.
  • Map Unit: 707—Packerjohn-Shirts-Zimmer complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID661—Boise County Area, Idaho, Parts of Ada and Boise CountiesID683—Boise County Area, Idaho, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44116-A2—Dry Buck Valley, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MJ, DT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, superactive, frigid Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shirts
  • PSC - 28 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2015
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shirts
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Ultic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C2
  • 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

    BRMA4

    Bromus marginatus

    mountain brome

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    74 - 99

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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

    50

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    1603

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    90

    735

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    93

    7.1

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Forest litter.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; sandy loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 14 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P06100
    AB—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 14 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06101
    Bw1—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06102
    Bw2—39 to 64 centimeters (15.4 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06103
    C—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P06104. Roots are matted on top of ""R"" horizon; in place this horizon is single grains, with loose consistence.
    R—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments.