IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Highvalley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID015003
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID015003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID015003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0215
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.9980545
  • Std. Longitude: -116.2216644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: SE/NW
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, mesic Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Highvalley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Demasters
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Pachic Ultic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or residuum
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ARVA2

    PIPO

    SYAL

    Artemisia vaseyana

    Pinus ponderosa

    Symphoricarpos albus

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    ponderosa pine

    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

    40

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    1349

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    90

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01415. few coarse roots; common medium roots
    AB—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01415. few coarse roots; common medium roots
    Bt1—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on nodules; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01416. many clay films surface features on nodules; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent clay films on nodules; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01416. many clay films surface features on nodules; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bt3—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; extremely gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 37 percent , moist, clay films on nodules; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. possibly discontinuous; common clay films surface features on nodules; few very fine and fine roots
    R—109 centimeters (42.9 inches); fragments. mod. fractured basalt or latite