IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID069036
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID069036
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID069036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64549
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 46.4133339
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9897232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 175 feet W of edge of road. 100 feet N and 2540 feet of SW corner
  • Location Description: Off 29th Street and 11th Avenue.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID069—Nez Perce
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID611—Lewis and Nez Perce Counties, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46116-D8—Lewiston Orchards North, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Hahn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chard
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1987
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1987 (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

    BRTE

    Bromus tectorum

    cheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—38

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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

    8

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    259

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    315

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bk1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam, fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bk2—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loamy fine sand; 5 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bk3—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 14 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    3C1—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog.
    4C2—168 to 178 centimeters (66.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; 16 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P01905