IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rettig
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995ID035004
  • User Pedon ID: 1995ID035004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68102
  • 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: 46.8300018
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7205582
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1,000 feet South and 100 feet east of NW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID035—Clearwater
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID612—Clearwater Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy, amorphic over isotic, frigid Typic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rettig
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/2016
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rettig
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Udivitrand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 106
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—66

    66—117

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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

    65

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    1109

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    345

    1270

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00147. Contains a 2.5"" x 4.0"" pocket of clay stained material; possibly colluviated piece of an older Bt.
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; ashy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 3 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00148
    Bw1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; ashy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00149. Contains patches of material w/7.5YR hue (~10-15%)
    Bw2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; ashy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 8 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00150
    2Bw3—69 to 87 centimeters (27.2 to 34.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 18 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00151. Dry color is 10YR5.5/4. Field examination w/correllator showed no appreciable clay films (8/94).
    2Bw4—87 to 110 centimeters (34.3 to 43.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine tubular and 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00152. Field examination w/correllator showed no appreciable clay films (8/94)
    2BC—110 to 160 centimeters (43.3 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine interstitial and 21.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00153. Contains a 2.5"" x 4.0"" pocket of clay stained material; possibly colluviated piece of an older Bt. Clay films were discernable w/microscope. Field examination w/correlator showed no appreciable clay films (8/94)
    2C—160 to 168 centimeters (63.0 to 66.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; 8 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 96P00154. Some thin clay films in structural cracks