IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77-KWH-002
  • User Pedon ID: 77ID057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 77-ID-2983
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 80086
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.7546389
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7191389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 655m S and 595m E of NW corner
  • 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: Karl Hipple
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Taney
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic argixerolls
  • PSC - 69 to 119 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and loess over tertiary silty alluvium
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Plant Association Name: psme-phma
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—69

    41—69

    69—188

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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

    6

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    909

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    350

    711

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29831; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; ashy silt loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29832; observed in pit, small
    Bt—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29833; observed in pit, small
    E—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 13 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29834; observed in pit, small
    Ec—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silt; 11 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; and ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29835; observed in pit, small
    Btcb1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent prominent silt coats on top faces of peds and 40 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent prominent organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29836; observed in pit, small
    Btcb2—94 to 140 centimeters (37.0 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 40 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29837; observed in pit, small
    Btcb3—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 fine roots between peds; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on surfaces along pores and 40 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29838; observed in pit, small
    Btcb4—170 to 188 centimeters (66.9 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on surfaces along pores and 40 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # ID29839; observed in pit, small