IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Awley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ID015005
  • User Pedon ID: 97ID015005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997ID015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0582
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.0027771
  • Std. Longitude: -116.0461121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Map Unit: 650—Longs-Highvalley-Hoff 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: Loamy-skeletal, isotic Andic Haplocryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Awley
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Awley
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy-skeletal, mixed 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 over colluvium derived from basalt
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    ARCO9

    PSME

    SPBE2

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Acer glabrum

    Arnica cordifolia

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Spiraea betulifolia

    subalpine fir

    Rocky Mountain maple

    heartleaf arnica

    Douglas-fir

    white spirea

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

    mollic epipedon

    andic soil properties

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    3—46

    3—21

    3—46

    46—93

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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

    45

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    1932

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    0

    945

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    95

    6.4

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; ashy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bw1—21 to 46 centimeters (8.3 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; ashy loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P03433
    2Bw2—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bw3—63 to 93 centimeters (24.8 to 36.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; very gravelly loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2C1—93 to 113 centimeters (36.6 to 44.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    2C2—113 to 158 centimeters (44.5 to 62.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; extremely gravelly sandy loam; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog.