IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boulderjud
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: SNOTEL Site ID 1081
  • User Pedon ID: S06ID055005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: SNOTEL Site ID 1081
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18737
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025
  • 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: 47.8561516
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0354767
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 52N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 13
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID055—Kootenai
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47117-G1—Newman Lake, Washington
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allyson Young
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic, frigid Alfic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boulderjud
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic, frigid Alfic Udivitrands
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/2006
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Mt. Mazama volcanic ash and/or loess and/or granitic residuum
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/2006 ()
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ACGL

    PICEA

    PYROL

    RIBES

    RUPA

    SASC

    THOC

    THPL

    VACCI

    ZINGI

    Abies grandis

    Acer glabrum

    Picea

    Pyrola

    Ribes

    Rubus parviflorus

    Salix scouleriana

    Thalictrum occidentale

    Thuja plicata

    Vaccinium

    Zingiber

    grand fir

    Rocky Mountain maple

    spruce

    wintergreen

    currant

    thimbleberry

    Scouler's willow

    western meadow-rue

    western redcedar

    blueberry

    ginger

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

    mollic epipedon

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lamellae

    3—15

    15—38

    49—93

    49—189

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    8

    1292.4

    90

    1081

    Ragged Mountain

    SNOTEL

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00151
    A—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; 4 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00152
    Bw—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N00153
    E—38 to 49 centimeters (15.0 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; silt loam; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 80 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00154. continuous - phpvsfiid 367133; continuous - phpvsfiid 367133
    2Bt—49 to 79 centimeters (19.3 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; 2 percent very coarse platy and 4 percent coarse platy mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 3.0 fine pores; 8 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00155. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367134; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367134
    2Bt/C—79 to 93 centimeters (31.1 to 36.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; 3 percent very coarse platy mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; distinct clay bridges and 13 percent distinct clay films; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00156. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367136
    2C1—93 to 117 centimeters (36.6 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/1), dry; fine sandy loam; 4 percent clay; 5 percent very coarse platy mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 5 percent prominent clay bridges; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00157. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367137; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367137
    2C2—117 to 139 centimeters (46.1 to 54.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 3 percent clay; platy and 3 percent very coarse mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 2 percent distinct clay bridges; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00158. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367138; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367138
    2C3—139 to 160 centimeters (54.7 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loamy coarse sand; 2 percent clay; 3 percent very coarse platy mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 2 percent distinct clay bridges; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00159. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367139; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367139
    2C4—160 to 189 centimeters (63.0 to 74.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; 2 percent clay; 2 percent coarse platy mottles; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine pores; 1 percent distinct clay bridges; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1. Lab sample # 07N00160. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367140; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 367140