IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palouse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003ID009002
  • User Pedon ID: S2002ID009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0220
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16437
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.1930542
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9991684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: About 15 feet North and 880 feet East of the Southwest corner
  • Location Description: West Benewah non-MLRA soil survey area. 0.1 miles West of the Tyler Road intersection, west of Tensed.
  • Map Unit: 410—Palouse-Naff complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID009—Benewah
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID607—Benewah County Area, IdahoID620—Benewah County Area, Idaho, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47116-B8—Tensed, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Bare
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Ultic Argixerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Palouse
  • PSC - 109 to 159 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palouse
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - wheat, winter
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Scott Bare
  • Plant Association Name: FEID/SYAL
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—91

    61—109

    109—140

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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

    5

    —

    —

    722

    —

    559

    —

    130

    9.4

    —

    —

    10.6

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist; silt loam; 13 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00974; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00975; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00976; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt1—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine prismatic structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 very coarse tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.8 coarse tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small