IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Handoff

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2007ID079001

User Pedon ID: 20007ID079001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2007ID079001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 08N0353

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19746

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: 47.1509094

Std. Longitude: -116.2656860

Datum: WGS84

State: Idaho

County: ID079—Shoshone

MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID608—St. Joe Area, Idaho, Parts of Benewah and Shoshone Counties

PEDON

Describers Name: BG & BK

Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic Typic Fulvicryands

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Handoff

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/9/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Handoff

Taxonomic Class - Medial over loamy-skeletal, mixed Vitric Fulvicryands

Classificaton Date - 8/8/2007

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: ash flow

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/8/2007 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

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
THPL ABLA PIEN LAOC PSMEG PTAQ ALSI3 RUDBE CAREX BRIN2 AGGI2 CASTI2 ANMA	Thuja plicata Abies lasiocarpa Picea engelmannii Larix occidentalis Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca Pteridium aquilinum Alnus sinuata Rudbeckia Carex Bromus inermis Agrostis gigantea Castilleja Anaphalis margaritacea	western redcedar subalpine fir Engelmann spruce western larch Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir western brackenfern — coneflower sedge smooth brome redtop Indian paintbrush western pearly everlasting	— — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
umbric epipedon andic soil properties cambic horizon	0—56 0—56 25—109	—- —- —-

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
9	—	—	1375	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	623	Mica Creek	SNOTEL

A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) medial silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02245. Concentrations: Charcoal is 3%

A2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) medial silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; loose; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02246. Five percent Mt. St. Helens ash in krotovina or root channers.

Bw1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) medial silt loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02247

2Bw2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) extremely gravelly loam; 10 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02248. Fragments: Wt. passing 3/4": Wt. retained on 3/4": Total Wt. 13# 10# 23# Wt. % retained on 3/4" 43%

2Bw3—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine roots around fragments and fine roots around fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N02249. Fragments: Wt. Passing 3/4" Wt. retained on 3/4": Total Wt. 16# 10# 26# Wt. % retained on 3/4" 38%

2C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loamy sand; 3 percent clay; massive; 0.5 very fine roots around fragments; 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 08N02250. Fragments: Wt. passing 3/4" Wt. retained on 3/4" 16# 7# Total Wt. Wt. percent retained on 3/4" 23# 30%