IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cramont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID069032
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID069032
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID069032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64133
  • Print Date: 1/25/2025

    • 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: 46.1483345
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7249985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 930 feet S and 720 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID069—Nez Perce
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID611—Lewis and Nez Perce Counties, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Hahn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cramont
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cramont
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Mollic Cryoboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ABGR

    CHIMA

    COPTI

    GAYLU

    LIBO

    MITEL

    PICO

    Abies grandis

    Chimaphila

    Coptis

    Gaylussacia

    Lilium bolanderi

    Mitella

    Pinus contorta

    grand fir

    prince's pine

    goldthread

    huckleberry

    Bolander's lily

    miterwort

    lodgepole pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    36—165

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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

    3

    91

    61

    1436

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    240

    711

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    7.2

    10

    2.2

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07185. O horizon at surface 1-0"; decomposed moss, needles, twigs (not sampled).
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07186
    EB—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07187. Faint B/E appearance (color).; patchy - phpvsfiid 192560; patchy - phpvsfiid 192560
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07188. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192561; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192561
    2Bt1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed, dry; silt loam; 27 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07189. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177419; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192562; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177419; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192562
    2Bt2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07190. continuous - phpvsfiid 177420; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177421; continuous - phpvsfiid 177420; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177421
    2Bt3—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07191. continuous - phpvsfiid 177422; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177423; continuous - phpvsfiid 177422; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177423
    2Bt4—112 to 165 centimeters (44.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 21 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07192. continuous - phpvsfiid 177424; continuous - phpvsfiid 177424
    3Bt5—165 to 193 centimeters (65.0 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; very cobbly clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 91P07193