IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SOUTHMOUNT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982ID073006
  • User Pedon ID: 82ID073006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982ID073006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0759
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51546
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.0686111
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7769470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: No legal description
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID073—Owyhee
  • MLRA: 25—Owyhee High Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID675—Owyhee County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GHL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Pachic Cryoborolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SOUTHMOUNT
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1982 (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

    ABLA

    CARU

    PSEUD7

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Pseudotsuga

    subalpine fir

    pinegrass

    Douglas-fir

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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
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    EA1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak very fine granular, and weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03896; moist when described;
    A2—10 to 58 centimeters (3.9 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular, and moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03897; moist when described;
    BA—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03898; moist when described;
    O—73 to 5 centimeters (28.7 to 2.0 inches); fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P03895; moist when described;. 1/2-3/4 inches leaf mat above much more highly decomposed leaves, twigs and bark.
    Bt—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy clay loam; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03899; moist when described;
    C1—122 to 162 centimeters (48.0 to 63.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P03900; moist when described;
    C2—162 to 173 centimeters (63.8 to 68.1 inches); extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 80 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 82P03901; moist when described;. Root mat at 65 inches.