IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Charters
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995ID015005
  • User Pedon ID: 95ID015005
  • User Site Association ID: 8831
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - DT
  • Transect Stop Number - 31
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0931
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.7294256
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1176499
  • 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 CountiesID683—Boise County Area, Idaho, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43116-F1—Robie Creek, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CM, AH.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, superactive, frigid Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Charters
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2023
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charters
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Ultic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • 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—30

    30—183

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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

    60

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    1609

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    315

    565

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    112

    7.3

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Slightly decomposed PSME needles, twigs, cones.
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06065
    A2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 21.0 medium interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P06066
    AB—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 21.0 medium tubular pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P06067
    BA—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P06068
    Bt1—79 to 132 centimeters (31.1 to 52.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 10 percent lamellae (volume percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P06069. Few faint 2-3 mm thick lamellae.
    Bt2—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 15 percent lamellae (volume percent). Lab sample # 95P06070. Few faint 3-5 mm thick lamellae.