IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ramsdell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991ID009003
  • User Pedon ID: S1991ID009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991ID009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0276
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64515
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 47.3252792
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3547211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 470m south and 160m east of NW corner
  • Location Description: Approx. 1 mi NW of St. Joe, ID.
  • Map Unit: 69—Miesen-Ramsdell silt loams, 0 to 4 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-C3—Saint Joe, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Aquandic Endoaquepts
  • 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ramsdell
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ramsdell
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (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

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    Forb (herbaceous, not grass nor grasslike)

    Grass, perennial

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic materials

    redox concentrations

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    0—157

    0—157

    0—28

    15—91

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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

    0

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    650

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; ashy silt loam; 11 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots top of horizon; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P1800. few fine stains concentrated along root channels; common very fine mica flakes; many very fine and fine roots in mat at top of horizon; common fine and medium distinct 10YR33 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 10YR34 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR34 mottles
    Bg1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; ashy silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots top of horizon; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P1801. common very fine and fine roots in mat at top of horizon
    Bg2—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. few fine stains concentrated along root channels; few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    Bg3—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. 1"-2" bands of darker (10YR 3/3) moist silt loam material, possibly old root channels; few fine stains concentrated along root channels; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Cg1—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. common fine & medium stains, compacted soil material; few fine dark organic stains in pores; few very fine and fine roots
    Cg2—140 to 157 centimeters (55.1 to 61.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; silt loam; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. common fine & medium stains, compacted soil material; few fine dark organic stains in pores; few very fine and fine roots