IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Garveson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992ID035031
  • User Pedon ID: 92ID035031
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992ID035031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0969
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65209
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025
  • 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: 46.5397224
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7455521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1150 feet S and 1650 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID035—Clearwater
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID612—Clearwater Area, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46115-E6—French Mountain, Idaho
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Andic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Garveson
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/2019
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Garveson
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Udivitrands
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum weathered from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10-12
  • 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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABGR

    ACGL

    CLUN2

    HODI

    PAMY

    PSME

    SMST

    SYAL

    Abies grandis

    Acer glabrum

    Clintonia uniflora

    Holodiscus discolor

    Paxistima myrsinites

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Smilacina stellata

    Symphoricarpos albus

    grand fir

    Rocky Mountain maple

    bride's bonnet

    oceanspray

    Oregon boxleaf

    Douglas-fir

    common snowberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—18

    5—30

    5—43

    18—84

    84—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    40

    1158

    200

    1143

    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P06115
    A—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dry; ashy coarse sandy loam; 4 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and 1.0 fine and medium high-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06116
    Bw1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; ashy sandy loam; 2 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and 1.0 fine and medium high-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06117
    Bw2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; ashy loamy coarse sand; 2 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and 1.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P06118
    2Bw3—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; loamy coarse sand; 1 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and 1.0 medium moderate-continuity interstitial and 5.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06119
    2BC—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; loamy coarse sand; 1 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine high-continuity interstitial and 1.0 medium moderate-continuity interstitial and 5.0 fine high-continuity interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06120
    2Cr1—84 to 140 centimeters (33.1 to 55.1 inches); coarse sand; 1 percent clay; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 50 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P06121. Multicolored sand; A bit more difficult to dig this portion of Cr-root move in well though.
    2Cr2—140 to 157 centimeters (55.1 to 61.8 inches); coarse sand; 1 percent clay; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 55 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P06122. Multicolored sand; A bit more difficult to dig this portion of Cr-root move in well though.