IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elmira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ID021002
  • User Pedon ID: S1997ID021002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10305
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 48.5339165
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4502487
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 60N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1325 feet NORTH AND 2475 feet EAST OF THE SW CORNER
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID021—Boundary
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID604—Bonner County Area, Idaho, Parts of Bonner and Boundary Counties
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48116-E4—Naples, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Bare, Chuck Weisel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Lamellic Xeropsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmira
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/6/2016
  • Classifier - scott bare
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmira
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Vitrandic Xeropsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1997
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 22
  • Plant Association Name: PSME/SYAL
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—14

    —14—
    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

    12

    46

    30.5

    660

    —

    135

    635

    —

    —

    7.8

    17.8

    -2.2

    7.2

    11.7

    2.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00192. NEEDLES, LEAVES, TWIGS, BARK, CONES
    Oe—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00193. DECOMPOSED ORGANIC MATTER AND MT ST. HELENS VOLCANIC ASH
    A—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; loamy sand; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low toughness; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 4.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00194; moist when described;
    Bw—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low toughness; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00195; moist when described;
    E and Bt1—26 to 69 centimeters (10.2 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low toughness; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 1 percent fine platy extremely weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) clay bodies throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00196; moist when described;
    E and Bt2—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, dry; fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low toughness; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 15 percent fine and medium platy extremely weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) clay bodies throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00197; moist when described;
    E and Bt3—97 to 133 centimeters (38.2 to 52.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, dry; fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low toughness; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 21 percent fine and medium platy extremely weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) clay bodies throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00198; moist when described;
    E and Bt4—133 to 169 centimeters (52.4 to 66.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, dry; fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low toughness; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 21 percent fine and medium platy extremely weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) clay bodies throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00199; moist when described;
    C—169 to 184 centimeters (66.5 to 72.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low toughness; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00200; moist when described;