IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montchief
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Banner Summit SNOTEL Site 15E11S312
  • User Pedon ID: S07ID015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: Banner Summit SNOTEL Site
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0581
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 44.3000000
  • Std. Longitude: -115.2333333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 11
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID015—Boise
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44115-C2—Banner Summit, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leah Juarros
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, isotic Vitrandic Dystrocryepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montchief
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, isotic Vitrandic Dystrocryepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    2FA

    PICO

    —

    Pinus contorta

    Forb, annual

    lodgepole pine

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    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    74 - 89

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

    ochric epipedon

    volcanic glass

    lithic contact

    0—15

    0—33

    74—89

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    —-

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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

    4

    —

    —

    2146

    —

    68

    1050

    —

    35

    2.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    312

    Banner Summit

    SNOTEL
    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; ashy loam; 14 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03777
    A2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; gravelly ashy sandy loam; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03778
    A/C—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 7 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03779
    C—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; extremely gravelly sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 5-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03780
    R—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); fragments.