IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ID015004
  • User Pedon ID: 97ID015004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997ID015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0581
  • 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: 44.0055542
  • Std. Longitude: -116.0522232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Map Unit: 661—Awley-Bo complex, 15 to 35 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: 44116-A1—Banks, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic Andic Haplocryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bo
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bo
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive Humic Vitricryand
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or colluvium derived from basalt
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ABLA

    ACGL

    PSME

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Acer glabrum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    subalpine fir

    Rocky Mountain maple

    Douglas-fir

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

    mollic epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    3—41

    3—26

    41—153

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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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    1920

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    90

    880

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    97

    6.5

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03431
    2Bw1—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; gravelly loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P03432
    2Bw2—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    2Bw3—63 to 128 centimeters (24.8 to 50.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; gravelly loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bw4—128 to 153 centimeters (50.4 to 60.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog.