IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mushel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970ID049002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970ID049002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970ID049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 70C0006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43787
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 46.2935583
  • Std. Longitude: -115.6635694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: A pit located 77 meters (250 feet) west of road, 0.35 miles southwest of May Creek Connection road, in the SE1/4 NE1/4
  • Location Description: Idaho County, Idaho.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID049—Idaho
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID618—Kooskia Area, Idaho County, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. J. Leighty
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Andic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mushel
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2018
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Molly
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum weathered from schist
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    CHIMA

    COCA13

    LIBOL

    POMU

    PSMEG

    SMST

    TABR2

    THPL

    Abies grandis

    Chimaphila

    Cornus canadensis

    Linnaea borealis var. longiflora

    Polystichum munitum

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Smilacina stellata

    Taxus brevifolia

    Thuja plicata

    grand fir

    prince's pine

    bunchberry dogwood

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    western swordfern

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

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    Pacific yew

    western redcedar

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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

    38

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    1115

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    90

    1180

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    55

    7

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, cresol red.; moist when described;
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; strong very fine granular structure; soft; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red. Lab sample # 70C00036; moist when described;
    Bw1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; ashy loam; 12 percent clay; strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, cresol red. Lab sample # 70C00037; moist when described;
    Bw2—13 to 35 centimeters (5.1 to 13.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; ashy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate and strong very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, cresol red. Lab sample # 70C00038; moist when described;
    2Bt1—35 to 76 centimeters (13.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, cresol red. Lab sample # 70C00039; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1609121; patchy - phpvsfiid 1609121
    2Bt2—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dry; loam; 17 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, cresol red. Lab sample # 70C00040; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1609120; patchy - phpvsfiid 1609120
    2BC—94 to 120 centimeters (37.0 to 47.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; 21 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, cresol red. Lab sample # 70C00041; moist when described;