IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rathdrum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ID017006
  • User Pedon ID: 78ID017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0551
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46105
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.9859734
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7624512
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 54N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 949 meters N and 73 meters E of the SW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID017—Bonner

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, amorphic, frigid Typic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rathdrum
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rathdrum
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, frigid Typic Vitrandept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled. Needles twigs and leaves.
    O2—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 78P03237. Not sampled. Decomposed organic matter.
    A11—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium platy structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 0.3 medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6.5999999 Cresol red; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03236. Intermittent volcanic ash layer.; very few to few medium roots; many fine roots
    A12—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; 0.1 medium interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6.80000019 Cresol red; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03237. very few to few medium roots; common to many fine roots
    B2—12 to 32 centimeters (4.7 to 12.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.1 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; 6.19999981 Cresol red; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03238. very few medium roots; few fine roots
    C1—32 to 50 centimeters (12.6 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.1 coarse tubular pores; fragments; 6 Cresol red; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03239. very few medium roots; few fine roots
    C2—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots and 0.2 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.1 coarse tubular pores; fragments; 6.19999981 Cresol red; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03240. very few to few fine roots; many fine roots
    C3—70 to 98 centimeters (27.6 to 38.6 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 fine roots; 0.1 medium interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; 6 Cresol red; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03241. very few to few fine roots
    C4—98 to 156 centimeters (38.6 to 61.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; gravelly silt loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.2 fine roots; 0.3 medium interstitial and tubular pores; 55 percent clay films between sand grains; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 5.80000019 Cresol red; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P03242. many clay films surface features between sand grains; very few to few fine roots