IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HEATHCOAT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982ID059004
  • User Pedon ID: 82ID059004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982ID059004
  • User Site Association ID: ID703_DSM_pedonsID703_DSM_p3_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0686
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51473
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.4333344
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2166672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: Gilmore Summit Road, East from Hwy 28, approx 3 miles on north side of road
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID059—Lemhi
  • MLRA: 12—Lost River Valleys and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID752—Custer-Lemhi Area, Idaho, Parts of Blaine, Custer, and Lemhi Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Xeric Haplocryolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HEATHCOAT
  • PSC - 15 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Heathcoat
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Argic Cryoboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1981
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium and/or lake sediment till
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ARTRV

    CASTI2

    LUPIN

    PHLOX

    ZIGAD

    Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

    Castilleja

    Lupinus

    Phlox

    Zigadenus

    mountain big sagebrush

    Indian paintbrush

    lupine

    phlox

    deathcamas

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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

    8

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    2225

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    23

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03624; dry when described;
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 21.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 75 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03625; dry when described;
    BAt—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic, and weak very fine prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03626; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 269390; continuous - phpvsfiid 269391; continuous - phpvsfiid 269390; continuous - phpvsfiid 269391
    Bt—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay; 40 percent clay; weak very fine prismatic, and weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03627; dry when described;. Pockets of coarse fragments that exceed 40% by volume—in 20% of pit in horizons noted. Lime coats less than 1mm thick on bottoms of clay films.; continuous - phpvsfiid 269392; continuous - phpvsfiid 269393; continuous - phpvsfiid 269392; continuous - phpvsfiid 269393
    Btk—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay; 41 percent clay; moderate very fine prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03628; dry when described;. Lime coats less than 1mm thick on bottoms of clay films.; continuous - phpvsfiid 269394; continuous - phpvsfiid 269395; continuous - phpvsfiid 269394; continuous - phpvsfiid 269395
    2Btkb1—46 to 94 centimeters (18.1 to 37.0 inches); 10YR 2/3 (10YR 2/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay; 41 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium prismatic structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03629; moist when described;. Violent effervescence on faces of peds strong effervescence on inside. Secondary lime on ped faces and in old root channels.; continuous - phpvsfiid 269398; continuous - phpvsfiid 269396; continuous - phpvsfiid 269398; continuous - phpvsfiid 269396
    2Btkb2—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; strong medium prismatic, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03630; moist when described;. Roots are mostly on ped faces.
    2Btkb3—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; 27 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 76-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 28 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03631; moist when described;. 2% of Co. fragments are duripan fragments(fine gravel size).
    3Ck—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); slow permeability; fragments. Lab sample # 82P03632; moist when described;