IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rubson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ID021011
  • User Pedon ID: 1997ID021011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10314
  • 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: 48.5883064
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4132233
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 61N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet NORTH AND 1200 feet EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
  • Map Unit: 166—Rubson ashy silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID021—Boundary
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID601—Boundary County Area, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48116-E4—Naples, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SB, CW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Andic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rubson
  • PSC - 34 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2016
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rubson
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed Vitrandic Glossoboralfs
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: glacial lake terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN570 - western hemlock/queencup beadlily—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20
  • Plant Association Name: TSHE/CLUN2
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    argillic horizon

    0—4

    1—34

    34—169

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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

    2

    —

    —

    685

    —

    685

    —

    120

    7.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00282. LEAVES, TWIGS, BARK, NEEDLES
    A—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, gray (10YR 5/1) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00283; moist when described;
    BA1—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00284; moist when described;
    BA2—14 to 34 centimeters (5.5 to 13.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00285; moist when described;
    2Bt1—34 to 47 centimeters (13.4 to 18.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) exterior, dry; very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00286; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314534; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314534
    2Bt2—47 to 75 centimeters (18.5 to 29.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) exterior, dry; very fine sandy loam; weak thick platy, and very thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00287; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314535; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314535
    2Bt3—75 to 90 centimeters (29.5 to 35.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak thick platy, and very thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00288; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314536; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314536
    2Bt4—90 to 113 centimeters (35.4 to 44.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) exterior, dry; very fine sandy loam; weak thick platy, and very thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00289; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314537; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314537
    2Bt5—113 to 141 centimeters (44.5 to 55.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, dry; very fine sandy loam; weak thick platy, and very thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 6 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00290; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314538; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314538
    2Bt6—141 to 156 centimeters (55.5 to 61.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak thick platy, and very thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 6 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00291; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314539; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314539
    2Bt7—156 to 169 centimeters (61.4 to 66.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak thick platy, and very thick platy structure; hard, firm, moderate, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; medium toughness; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 6 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 6 percent distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; 21 percent lamellae (volume percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00292; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314540; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314540; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1314541