IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mushel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 78-ALF-065
  • User Pedon ID: 78ID057003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78-ALF-065
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 78-ID-29121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36720
  • 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: 46.9802704
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3384094
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: St. Maries Ranger District, G27AN-2; Hidden Creek Survey Area, photo number F-9
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID057—Latah County, Idaho
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JAC and Forest Service Personnel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mushel
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1978
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: inconspicuous volcanic ash over residuum
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: quartzite
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter quartzite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Western hemlock/Myrtle pachystima
  • 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

    PAMY

    TSHE

    Paxistima myrsinites

    Tsuga heterophylla

    Oregon boxleaf

    western hemlock

    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

    18

    988

    186

    1180

    6

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # ID291211
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # ID291212
    E—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # ID291213
    Bt1—31 to 71 centimeters (12.2 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; loose, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # ID291214
    Bt2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; loose, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # ID291215
    BC—94 to 125 centimeters (37.0 to 49.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) sandy loam; weak fine platy parts to single grain; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # ID291216
    C—125 centimeters (49.2 inches); white (10YR 8/1) sandy loam; weak very fine platy parts to single grain; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # ID291217