IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carlinton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 78-ALF-081
  • User Pedon ID: 78ID057013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78-ALF-081
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UIdaho
  • Lab Pedon # - 78-ID-29125
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87453
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 46.7160000
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4603000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Latah County; Carlinton series; south of Park at the head of a tributary drainage to the Potlatch River; graduate student research site
  • Map Unit: Ty9—Taney ashy silt loam, moist, 8 to 25 percent slopes
  • 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: ID610—Latah County Area, IdahoID057—Latah County, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46116-F4—Park, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken T. Wotring
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Fragixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carlinton
  • PSC - 25 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/17/2018
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over basalt with some influence of volcanic ash at elevations 335-1372 meters
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BE

    E

    Btxb1

    Btxb2

    0

    8

    23

    41

    61

    79

    119

    8

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    41

    61

    79

    119

    160

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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

    A

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    Bw2

    BE

    E

    Btxb1

    Btxb2

    0

    8

    23

    41

    61

    79

    119

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    79

    119

    160

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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 %

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BE

    E

    Btxb1

    Btxb2

    0

    8

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    41

    61

    79

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

    ABGR

    AMAL2

    HODI

    PSME

    SYAL

    Abies grandis

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Holodiscus discolor

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Symphoricarpos albus

    grand fir

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    oceanspray

    Douglas-fir

    common snowberry

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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

    12

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    864

    135

    828

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    115

    7.5

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 8 percent sand; 79 percent silt; 13 percent clay; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; common (4.0) medium interstitial and common (4.0) fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID291251
    Bw1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 9 percent sand; 77 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.1) medium roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and 0.1 medium and 0.1 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID291252
    Bw2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 8 percent sand; 75 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout and common (4.0) medium roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine tubular and few (0.1) medium tubular and few (0.1) fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID291253
    BE—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 8 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.1) medium roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine vesicular and many (6.0) very fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID291254
    E—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 8 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium single grain; hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.1) very fine roots throughout and few (0.1) fine roots throughout; many (6.0) very fine vesicular and many (6.0) very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ID291255
    Btxb1—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; many (6.0) very fine roots between peds and common (4.0) fine roots between peds; many (6.0) very fine tubular and common (4.0) fine tubular pores; distinct clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ID291256. continuous - phpvsfiid 1606748; continuous - phpvsfiid 1606748
    Btxb2—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 8 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.1) fine roots; many (6.0) very fine tubular and common (4.0) fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # ID291257