IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miesen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID009002
  • User Pedon ID: S1991ID009002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0275
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64514
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 47.3269463
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4136124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 80m N and 30m E of SW corner
  • Location Description: Approx. 3 mi W of St. Joe, ID.
  • Map Unit: 68—Miesen silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID009—Benewah
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID608—St. Joe Area, Idaho, Parts of Benewah and Shoshone Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47116-C4—Saint Joe Baldy, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Humudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miesen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miesen
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash and alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FORB

    2GP

    CAMAS

    PHPR3

    TRIFO

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    Camassia

    Phleum pratense

    Trifolium

    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Grass, perennial

    camas

    timothy

    clover

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

    volcanic glass

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    0—20

    1—140

    81—152

    81—152

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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

    2

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    650

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    790

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    C—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P1799. light gray discontinuous volcanic ash layer
    A1—1 to 20 centimeters (0.4 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P1799. common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A2—20 to 66 centimeters (7.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. common fine and medium roots; many very fine roots
    A3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint and 11 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots; few fine faint 10YR44 mottles; common fine faint 10YR42 mottles
    Bw2—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 11 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine and medium faint and 11 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine and medium faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots; common fine and medium faint 10YR32 mottles; common fine and medium faint 10YR42 mottles; common fine and medium faint 10YR44 mottles
    Bw3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 11 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine and medium faint and 11 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and medium faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. few very fine roots; common fine and medium faint 10YR32 mottles; common fine and medium faint 10YR33 mottles; common fine and medium faint 10YR44 mottles