IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984ID049002
  • User Pedon ID: 84ID049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0813
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55051
  • Print Date: 12/18/2024

    • 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: 45.8806889
  • Std. Longitude: -115.9668417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Clear Water Ranger District, Blacktail Butte.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID049—Idaho
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID609—Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45115-H8—Harpster, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pat Green, Steve Holzhey, Don Goss, Glen Logan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sly
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2018
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash and/or residuum weathered from basalt
  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: mesa or butte
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1984 (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
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    1460

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    0

    845

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    55

    5.8

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 84P04593
    Bw1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior ashy silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04594. few very fine roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout
    Bw2—15 to 31 centimeters (5.9 to 12.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior ashy silty clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04595. few very fine roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout
    Bt1—31 to 70 centimeters (12.2 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine gravelly silty clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04596. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609131; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609132; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609131; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1609132
    Bt2—70 to 105 centimeters (27.6 to 41.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior extremely gravelly silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04597. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609129; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609130; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609129; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609130
    Bt3—105 to 153 centimeters (41.3 to 60.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 40 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P04598. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609127; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609128; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609127; continuous - phpvsfiid 1609128