IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Culdesac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID069035
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID069035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID069035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1093
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64129
  • Print Date: 1/11/2025

    • 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: 46.1516685
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6927795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 30 feet N and 2200 feet E of SW corner
  • Location Description: Backhoe pit SE of junction Soldiers Meadow and Deer Creek Roads. , Lewis County.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID061—Lewis
  • 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-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Culdesac
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Culdesac
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1991 (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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    2EB

    2Bt1

    38

    48

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    30

    34

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    2EB

    2Bt1

    38

    48

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    2EB

    2Bt1

    38

    48

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARNIC

    GAYLU

    OSBE

    THALI2

    Arnica

    Gaylussacia

    Osmorhiza berteroi

    Thalictrum

    arnica

    huckleberry

    sweetcicely

    meadow-rue

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    0—38

    48—170

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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

    12

    38

    15.2

    1426

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    340

    711

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    7.2

    10

    2.2

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Slightly decomposed twigs, needles, and moss. Not sampled.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; strong very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07153; moist when described;. Colors are a mixture of black charcoal, gray (fire) ash, and brown (soil) ash.
    Bw1—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07154; moist when described;
    Bw2—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07155; moist when described;
    2EB—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07156; moist when described;
    2Bt1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent 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 # 91P07157; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177406; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177407; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177406; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177407
    2Bt2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P07158; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 177408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177409; patchy - phpvsfiid 177408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177409
    2Bt3—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07159; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 177410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177411; patchy - phpvsfiid 177410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177411
    2Bt4—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07160; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177413; patchy - phpvsfiid 177412; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177413; patchy - phpvsfiid 177412
    3Bt5—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior, moist; extremely gravelly clay loam; 39 percent clay; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 45 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 91P07161; moist when described;