IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Northfork
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995ID015004
  • User Pedon ID: 95ID015004
  • User Site Association ID: 8831
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - DT
  • Transect Stop Number - 73
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0930
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 43.7264916
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1576843
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Bogus Basin (south of lower point).
  • Map Unit: 710—Charters-Northfork-Shirts complex, 35 to 90 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID661—Boise County Area, Idaho, Parts of Ada and Boise Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43116-F1—Robie Creek, Idaho
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CM, AH, DT.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Northfork
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2023
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Northfork
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Pachic Ultic Haploxero
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D9
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    5—71

    71—139

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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

    59

    1585

    315

    565

    112

    7.3

    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Partially decomposed needles, leaves and twigs, mostly PSME.
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06059. Trace of cobbles.
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06060
    Bw1—23 to 71 centimeters (9.1 to 28.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06061
    Bw2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06062
    Bw3—99 to 139 centimeters (39.0 to 54.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06063
    BC—139 to 163 centimeters (54.7 to 64.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 95P06064. Trace of larger gravel.