IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Joel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986ID061004
  • User Pedon ID: 86ID061004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986ID061004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0879
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59173
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 46.3147240
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4208298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1420 feet N and 2260 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID061—Lewis
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. E. Wright
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Boralfic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Joel
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Joel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Ultic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    HODI

    PIPO

    SYAL

    Holodiscus discolor

    Pinus ponderosa

    Symphoricarpos albus

    oceanspray

    ponderosa pine

    common snowberry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—46

    46—210

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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

    6

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    1042

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    135

    61

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    7

    15

    -2

    8

    14

    3

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    102246

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, black (10YR 2/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05268. Worm coats common.; common very fine roots throughout
    1A2—5 to 26 centimeters (2.0 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05269. Worm casts common.; common very fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    1A3—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very coarse roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05270. common medium roots throughout; common very coarse roots throughout
    1BA—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05271. Vertical rodent channel filled with darker soil from the surface horizon.; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 221054; patchy - phpvsfiid 221054
    1Bt—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05272. Vertical rodent channel filled with darker soil from surface horizon.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few very fine and fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221055; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221055
    1B/E—64 to 92 centimeters (25.2 to 36.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) skeletans throughout and 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05273. Clay hand 5 mm thick. (7.5YR 5/6 dry); many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features throughout; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 231730; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221056; patchy - phpvsfiid 231731; patchy - phpvsfiid 231730; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221056; patchy - phpvsfiid 231731
    1Btb1—92 to 130 centimeters (36.2 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; strong medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05274. Discontinuous horizontal clay bands 15 mm thick. (7.5YR 5/6); many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 231732; patchy - phpvsfiid 231733; continuous - phpvsfiid 231732; patchy - phpvsfiid 231733
    1Btb2—130 to 168 centimeters (51.2 to 66.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05275. many fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 231734; continuous - phpvsfiid 231734
    1Btb3—168 to 210 centimeters (66.1 to 82.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # 86P05276. common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231735; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231735