IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Packerjohn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998ID015001
  • User Pedon ID: 98ID015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998ID015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10917
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 44.2308350
  • Std. Longitude: -116.0555573
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Map Unit: 746—Packerjohn ashy sandy loam, 8 to 35 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • 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: 44116-B1—Packer John Mountain, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Humixerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Packerjohn
  • PSC - 27 to 107 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2015
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Packerjohn
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, glassy over mix
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and colluvium derived from granite over residuum weathered from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E1
  • 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

    ABGR

    VAGL

    Abies grandis

    Vaccinium globulare

    grand fir

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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

    53

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    1869

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    90

    840

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    85

    5.6

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. slightly decomposed forest litter
    A1—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; ashy sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and medium pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    A2—9 to 37 centimeters (3.5 to 14.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), moist; ashy sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and medium pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00277
    2Bw1—37 to 54 centimeters (14.6 to 21.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; fine gravelly loamy fine sand; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and medium pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bw2—54 to 95 centimeters (21.3 to 37.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist; fine gravelly loamy fine sand; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and medium pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00278
    2C—95 to 152 centimeters (37.4 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; fine gravelly loamy fine sand; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and medium pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Contains much mica