IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Garval
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998ID015005
  • User Pedon ID: 98ID015005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998ID015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0061
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 44.0930557
  • Std. Longitude: -116.0447235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SE/NW
  • 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: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Entic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • 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 - Garval (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 26 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Garval
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Entic Ultic Haploxero
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: spur ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: SP160 - ponderosa pine/bitterbrush—SSR4: Forest Habitat Types of Central Idaho - INT-114

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1998 (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

    CRATA

    PIPO

    POA

    PSSP6

    PUTR2

    Crataegus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Poa

    Pseudoroegneria spicata

    Purshia tridentata

    hawthorn

    ponderosa pine

    bluegrass

    bluebunch wheatgrass

    antelope bitterbrush

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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

    65

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    948

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    135

    680

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    95

    9.2

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. forest litter
    A1—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; 3 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 1.0 medium pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. sieved roots: 15xfgr
    A2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine gravelly loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00284. sieved root: 15xfgr
    A3—33 to 49 centimeters (13.0 to 19.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; gravelly loamy coarse sand; 4 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. sieved root: 25xgr
    C—49 to 74 centimeters (19.3 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method and 65 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. sieved root: 65xgr, 20xcb; highly fractured bedrock - fines in fractures <4" apart.
    R—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. mod fract kg