IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thatuna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77-ALF-056
  • User Pedon ID: 77ID057012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 77-ALF-056
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 77-ID-2981
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 83058
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 46.7477000
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0010000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: SE corner
  • Location Description: Latah County; approximately 213 meters west and 92 meters north of the southeast corner; Thatuna series; graduate student site cultivated (alfalfa)
  • 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 - Thatuna
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: deep loess; recent loess over an older age of loess
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1977 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    AB

    BA

    E1

    Ec2

    Btcb1

    Btcb2

    Btcb3

    0

    10

    23

    51

    84

    99

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    127

    152

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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

    Ap1

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    AB

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    E1

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    Btcb1

    Btcb2

    Btcb3

    0

    10

    23

    51

    84

    99

    112

    127

    152

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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 %

    Ap1

    Ap2

    AB

    BA

    E1

    Ec2

    Btcb1

    Btcb2

    Btcb3

    0

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    23

    51

    84

    99

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    152

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

    FEID

    SYAL

    Festuca idahoensis

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Idaho fescue

    common snowberry

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/1/1977

    50

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    9.5
    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

    25

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    921

    805

    90

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    10

    17

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 6 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak thick platy parts to weak 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 # ID29811
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 6 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 23 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; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID29812
    AB—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 5 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to 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; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29813
    BA—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 5 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29814
    E1—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt; 5 percent sand; 82 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 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 # ID29815
    Ec2—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt; 6 percent sand; 87 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few (0.1) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29816
    Btcb1—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and common (4.0) medium roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and many (6.0) fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29817
    Btcb2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.1) fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 55 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID29818
    Btcb3—152 to 175 centimeters (59.8 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.1) fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 55 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # ID29819