IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rettig
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002ID057004
  • User Pedon ID: 2002ID057004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002ID057004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15617
  • 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: 46.9988899
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5358353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2050 feet north and 2125 feet east of sw corner
  • Map Unit: Sc1—Scand-Nakarna complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID057—Latah County, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46116-H5—Sand Mountain, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Glenn Hoffmann
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy, amorphic over micaceous, frigid Typic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rettig
  • PSC - 5 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rettig
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy, amorphic over mixed, frigid Typic Udivitrands
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over colluvium derived from mica schist
  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: schist, mica
  • Geology: Schist And Phyllite member of the Wallace formation in the Belt Supergroup group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN575 - western hemlock/wild ginger—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ABGR

    ASCA

    CHUM

    CLUN2

    COCA13

    COOC

    LAOC

    LIBOL2

    MISTS2

    PAMY

    PSMEG

    ROGY

    THPL

    TSHE

    VAGL

    VIOR

    Abies grandis

    Asarum canadense

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Clintonia uniflora

    Cornus canadensis

    Coptis occidentalis

    Larix occidentalis

    Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora

    Mitella stauropetala var. stauropetala

    Paxistima myrsinites

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Rosa gymnocarpa

    Thuja plicata

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Vaccinium globulare

    Viola orbiculata

    grand fir

    Canadian wildginger

    pipsissewa

    bride's bonnet

    bunchberry dogwood

    Idaho goldthread

    western larch

    longtube twinflower

    smallflower miterwort

    Oregon boxleaf

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    dwarf rose

    western redcedar

    western hemlock

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    darkwoods violet

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    5—58

    28—112

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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

    38

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    991

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    345

    1143

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 02N05357
    Oe1—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 02N05358
    Oe2—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05367
    A1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; ashy silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-10-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05359
    A2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; ashy silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak very fine and fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium and coarse roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-10-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05360
    Bw1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) crushed, yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; ashy silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak very fine and fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-10-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05361
    Bw2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) crushed, yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; ashy silt loam; 10 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 3 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-10-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05362
    2Bw3—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; 8 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 40 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-25-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05363
    2BC—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 60 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 25 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05364
    2C1—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loamy fine sand; 2 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 65 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-80-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05365
    2C2—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly loam; 10 percent clay; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 15 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 02N05366