IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID069037
  • User Pedon ID: 91ID069037
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID069037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0311
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64550
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.3933334
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0247192
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Valley Vista Area, S of main road.
  • 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: 46117-D1—Clarkston, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Hahn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 37
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chard
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Calcic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    AGSP

    BRTE

    POSE

    Agropyron spicatum

    Bromus tectorum

    Poa secunda

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    cheatgrass

    Sandberg bluegrass

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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

    10

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    311

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    45

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; fragments; slight effervescence.
    BA—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; fragments; slight effervescence.
    Bk1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loam; 16 percent clay; fragments; slight effervescence.
    Bk2—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; fragments; strong effervescence.
    C1—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; 8 percent clay; fragments; strong effervescence.
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; 12 percent clay; fragments; slight effervescence.
    2C3—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; gravelly loamy fine sand; fragments; slight effervescence.
    2C4—165 to 180 centimeters (65.0 to 70.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 92P01906