IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Potlatch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58-ALF-001
  • User Pedon ID: 58ID057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 58-ID-2908
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82917
  • 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: 46.8438000
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5397000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 914.00
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Vassar Meadows; now Potlatch series, was Beals
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID057—Latah County, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Thomas, J. Chugg, J. Helle, M. Fosberg
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Potlatch
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2018
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: local alluvium from loess mixed with schists, gneiss, and granitics
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

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    Bw1

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    Bt1

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    R

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

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    R

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    E1

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    E3

    Bt1

    Btg2

    R

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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

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29081
    Bw1—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout; 6 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 6 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 6 percent faint clay films on bottom faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29082. continuous - phpvsfiid 1531107; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531108; patchy - phpvsfiid 1531109; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531107; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531108; patchy - phpvsfiid 1531109
    Bw2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout; common (4.0) medium and common (4.0) fine pores; 6 percent faint clay films on bottom faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29083. continuous - phpvsfiid 1531110; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531111; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531112; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531110; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531111; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531112
    E1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; fine faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.3) very fine roots throughout; common (6.0) medium and common (6.0) fine pores; 6 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29084. continuous - phpvsfiid 1531113; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531113
    E2—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.3) very fine roots throughout; many (6.0) medium and many (6.0) fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29085
    E3—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) medium prominent and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (6.0) very fine roots throughout; many (6.0) medium and many (6.0) fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29086
    Bt1—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 10YR 2.5/8 (10YR 2.5/8) very coarse distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive, and weak thin platy; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (4.0) medium and common (4.0) fine pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent distinct clay films on bottom faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29087. continuous - phpvsfiid 1531114; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531115; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531114; continuous - phpvsfiid 1531115
    Btg2—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.3) medium and common (4.0) fine pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29088
    R—183 centimeters (72.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # ID29089