IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Highvalley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994ID015006
  • User Pedon ID: 94ID015006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994ID015006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95Z0166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15881
  • 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: 44.1338882
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1947250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID661—Boise County Area, Idaho, Parts of Ada and Boise Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Highvalley
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Highvalley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Pachic Ultic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from basalt and/or volcanic ash
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: B2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - 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

    PIPO

    PSME

    SYAL

    SYOR

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

    ponderosa pine

    Douglas-fir

    common snowberry

    coralberry

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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

    30

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    1725

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    225

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular and 21.0 medium irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95Z01397
    ABt—13 to 26 centimeters (5.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine irregular and 21.0 medium irregular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—26 to 61 centimeters (10.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95Z01398
    Bt2—61 to 122 centimeters (24.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt3—122 to 168 centimeters (48.0 to 66.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments.