IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mushel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 75-ALF-002
  • User Pedon ID: 75ID049002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 75-ALF-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 75-ID-2567
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36815
  • 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: 46.3797493
  • Std. Longitude: -115.5494461
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Pierce Ranger District, Hungery Creek #2
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID049—Idaho
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID671—Clearwater National Forest, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46115-D5—Snowy Summit, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dick Cline
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Andic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mushel
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/17/2018
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Inceptisols
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1975
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Subalpine fir/Rusty menziesia
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ABLA

    MEFE

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Menziesia ferruginea

    subalpine fir

    rusty menziesia

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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

    35

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    1372

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    270

    1545

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    47

    5.7

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    O—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1); fragments. Lab sample # ID25671
    A—4 to 16 centimeters (1.6 to 6.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID25672
    Bw1—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID25673
    Bw2—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; faint clay bridges between sand grains and faint silt coats between sand grains; 22 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID25674
    2C—39 centimeters (15.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 23 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments. Lab sample # ID25675