IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palouse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77-ALF-055
  • User Pedon ID: 77ID057011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 77-ALF-055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 77-ID-2979
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 83057
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 46.7205000
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9516000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW corner, SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Latah County; approximately 61 meters south and 15 meters east of the northwest corner; Palouse series; graduate student site cultivate (fallow)
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • 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 Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palouse
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: deep loess; late Wisconsin loess which contains some volcanic ash in the upper part
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1977 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A1

    A2

    AB

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bt1

    Btb2

    0

    18

    23

    38

    64

    84

    109

    132

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    64

    84

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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

    Ap

    A1

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    AB

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bt1

    Btb2

    0

    18

    23

    38

    64

    84

    109

    132

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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 %

    Ap

    A1

    A2

    AB

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bt1

    Btb2

    0

    18

    23

    38

    64

    84

    109

    132

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    64

    84

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    132

    158

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FEID

    PSSP6

    Festuca idahoensis

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Idaho fescue

    bluebunch wheatgrass

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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

    9

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    857

    792

    135

    500

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    120

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 7 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout and many (6.0) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine interstitial and many (6.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29791
    A1—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 6 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout and many (6.0) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29792
    A2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 5 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout and many (6.0) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29793
    AB—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 2 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.1) medium roots throughout and many (6.0) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29794
    Bw1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 5 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29795
    Bw2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 6 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29796
    Bt1—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 4 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 fine roots; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29797
    Btb2—132 to 158 centimeters (52.0 to 62.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.1) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # ID29798