IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Packerjohn

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1998ID015002

User Pedon ID: 98ID015002

Vegetation Plot ID: S1998ID015002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 99P0058

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10918

Print Date: 1/30/2025

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: 44.1411095

Std. Longitude: -116.0083313

Datum: WGS84

Township: 9N

Range: 4E

Section: 5

PLSS Details: SW 1/4

Map Unit: 738—Tripod-Packerjohn-Pajo complex, 25 to 90 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 Haploxerolls

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Packerjohn

PSC - 27 to 102 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/29/2015

Classifier - Brian Gardner

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - xeric

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Nofora

Taxonomic Class - Ashy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, glassy over mix

Classificaton Date - 7/7/1998

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: lower mountain slope

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: excessively

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/7/1998 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: E2

Surface Cover Properties:

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 ACER ARCO9 PHWA PIPO PSME ROSA5 SPBE2	Abies grandis Acer Arnica cordifolia Phyllostegia waimeae Pinus ponderosa Pseudotsuga menziesii Rosa Spiraea betulifolia	grand fir maple heartleaf arnica Kauai phyllostegia ponderosa pine Douglas-fir rose white spirea	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

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
65	—	—	1210	—	20	735	—	95	8.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. mostly decomposed

A1—2 to 22 centimeters (0.8 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine gravelly ashy sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium and coarse roots and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and medium and coarse and fine pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00279

A2—22 to 45 centimeters (8.7 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; fine gravelly ashy sandy loam; 6 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium and coarse roots and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and medium and coarse and fine pores; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00280

2BC—45 to 81 centimeters (17.7 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine gravelly sandy loam; 4 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium and coarse roots and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and medium and coarse and fine pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00281

2C1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine gravelly loamy sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium and coarse roots and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and medium and coarse and fine pores; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. 1 d 10YR 4/4 5 mm.

2C2—109 to 149 centimeters (42.9 to 58.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and medium and coarse and fine pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. 1 d 10YR 4/4 5 mm.

2C3—149 to 167 centimeters (58.7 to 65.7 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and medium and coarse and fine pores; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. lamellae: 1 d 10YR 4/4 5-15mm.