IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kaniksu
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02-EMM-02
  • User Pedon ID: S2002ID017001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 02-EMM-02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0288
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15743
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 48.0791397
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0290833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 55N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet west and 50 feet south of the north east corner
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID017—Bonner
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID604—Bonner County Area, Idaho, Parts of Bonner and Boundary Counties

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eva Muller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Dystroxerepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kaniksu
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Dystroxerepts
  • PSC - 5 to 107 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or loess over sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: ABGR/PHMA
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 29
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABGR

    APOCY

    CARU

    CHUM

    LIBOL2

    MARE11

    PSME

    ROWO

    SYAL

    Abies grandis

    Apocynum

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora

    Mahonia repens

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Rosa woodsii

    Symphoricarpos albus

    grand fir

    dogbane

    pinegrass

    pipsissewa

    longtube twinflower

    creeping barberry

    Douglas-fir

    Woods' rose

    common snowberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    5—20

    20—81

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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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    715

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    0

    711

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    105

    6.1

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    7.2

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    A—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 fine irregular pores; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01483; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2E&Bt1(B)—20 to 61 centimeters (7.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 fine tubular and 8.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01484; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2E&Bt1(E)—20 to 61 centimeters (7.9 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 fine tubular and 8.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01484; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2E&Bt2(B)—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01485; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2E&Bt2(E)—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01485; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01486; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—109 to 147 centimeters (42.9 to 57.9 inches); variegated gravelly sand; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots throughout; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01487; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C3—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); variegated gravelly coarse sand; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 30 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in pit, small