IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Porthill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ID021008
  • User Pedon ID: 97ID021008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10311
  • 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: 48.8115845
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3532257
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 63N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2525 feet SOUTH AND 200 feet WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID021—Boundary
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID604—Bonner County Area, Idaho, Parts of Bonner and Boundary Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48116-G3—Ritz, Idaho
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SB, CW
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Porthill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Eutroboralfs
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: lake terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 110
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4-3
  • Plant Association Name: THPL/CLUN2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—3

    20—97

    69—140

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    4

    411

    106.7

    686

    762

    7.2

    17.8

    -2.8

    7.2

    12.2

    2.8

    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00250. NEEDLES, LEAVES, TWIGS, CONES, BARK
    Oe—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00251. MODERATELY DECOMPOSED ORGANIC MATTER
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, gray (10YR 5/1) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00252; moist when described;
    BA—6 to 23 centimeters (2.4 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00253; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak thick platy structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; low toughness; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium and coarse platy weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay bodies throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00254; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183957; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183957
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; medium toughness; moderately slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 21 percent medium and coarse platy weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay bodies throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00255; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183958; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183959; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183958; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183959
    Bt3—51 to 72 centimeters (20.1 to 28.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, dry; silty clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, noncoherent, very sticky, very plastic; semideformable; high toughness; slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry, and 55 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00256; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183960; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183962; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183960; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183962
    Btk—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and thick platy structure; hard, firm, moderately strong, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; medium toughness; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, and 30 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry, clay films on bottoms of plates; 10 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00257; moist when described;. EFFERVESCENCE CALCIUM CARBONATE; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183963; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183963
    Bk1—100 to 127 centimeters (39.4 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak thick platy, and very thick platy structure; hard, firm, moderately strong, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; medium toughness; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses throughout and 5 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00258; moist when described;. EFFERVESCENCE CALCIUM CARBONATE
    Bk2—127 to 143 centimeters (50.0 to 56.3 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior and 40 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and thick platy structure; hard, firm, moderately strong, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; semideformable; medium toughness; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent fine and medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00259; moist when described;. EFFERVESCENCE CALCIUM CARBONATE
    C—143 to 160 centimeters (56.3 to 63.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; weak medium platy, and thick platy structure; hard, firm, moderate, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; semideformable; low toughness; slow permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00260; moist when described;. EFFERVESCENCE CALCIUM CARBONATE; LIME IS SISSEMINATED