IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gramil
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID035100
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID035100
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID035100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0252
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64491
  • 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: 46.3397217
  • Std. Longitude: -115.9191666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet W and 200 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Miles hayfield.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID035—Clearwater
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.H., B.R.
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 100
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gramil
  • PSC - 69 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4-9N
  • Microrelief Elevation: 3
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ABGR

    CLUN2

    LIBO3

    PIPO

    PSMEG

    Abies grandis

    Clintonia uniflora

    Linnaea borealis

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    grand fir

    bride's bonnet

    twinflower

    ponderosa pine

    Rocky Mountain 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    933

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and 21.0 medium high-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01676
    Ap2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01677
    BE—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and 21.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and tubular and 3.0 fine and medium high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01678. Trace of rounded stream worked gravels of quartz.
    B/E—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, dry; clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine high-continuity interstitial and 21.0 fine high-continuity interstitial and 3.0 fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01679
    B/E—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, dry; loam; 22 percent clay; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 92P01679
    2BtE—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, dry; silty clay; 44 percent clay; strong medium and coarse columnar structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) skeletans on faces of peds and 10 percent nonintersecting slickensides and 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01680. The nonintersecting slickensides are at a 45 degree orientation. E material on ped surface; bleached sand and silt grains.; continuous - phpvsfiid 177568; continuous - phpvsfiid 177569; continuous - phpvsfiid 177568; continuous - phpvsfiid 177569
    2Bt—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent nonintersecting slickensides and 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. The nonintersecting slickensides are at a 45 degree orientation.; continuous - phpvsfiid 177571; continuous - phpvsfiid 177571
    3B1—99 to 157 centimeters (39.0 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior and light gray (10YR 7/1) exterior, 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) exterior and 80 percent white (10YR 8/1) exterior, dry; clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. The nonintersecting slickensides are at a 45 degree orientation. Iron/manganese concretions up to 2"""" in diameter near top of horizon approximately 1 to 2 mm thick.
    3B2—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) exterior and light gray (10YR 7/1) exterior, 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) exterior and 75 percent white (10YR 8/1) exterior, dry; sandy clay; 37 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green.