IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hugus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002ID057005
  • User Pedon ID: S2002ID057005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002ID057005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15618
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 47.0283318
  • Std. Longitude: -116.5905533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet north and 950 feet west of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: Hu6—Hugus-Chesley complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID057—Latah County, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Andic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hugus
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hugus
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy-skeletal, amorphic over isotic, frigid Alfic Udivitrands
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over colluvium derived from quartzite and/or residuum weathered from quartzite
  • Landform: mountain slope, mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, upper third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: quartzite
  • Geology: Striped Peak formation of the Belt Supergroup group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN530 - western redcedar/queencup beadlily—SSR4: Forest Habitat Type - Northern Idaho

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABGR

    ADBI

    CHME

    CHUM

    CLUN2

    COOC

    GAOV2

    GOOB2

    LAOC

    LIBOL2

    LOUT2

    MIST3

    PIMO3

    PSMEG

    PYAS

    SMST

    THPL

    VAGL

    VIOR

    XETE

    Abies grandis

    Adenocaulon bicolor

    Chimaphila menziesii

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Clintonia uniflora

    Coptis occidentalis

    Gaultheria ovatifolia

    Goodyera oblongifolia

    Larix occidentalis

    Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora

    Lonicera utahensis

    Mitella stauropetala

    Pinus monticola

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Pyrola asarifolia

    Smilacina stellata

    Thuja plicata

    Vaccinium globulare

    Viola orbiculata

    Xerophyllum tenax

    grand fir

    American trailplant

    little prince's pine

    pipsissewa

    bride's bonnet

    Idaho goldthread

    western teaberry

    western rattlesnake plantain

    western larch

    longtube twinflower

    Utah honeysuckle

    smallflower miterwort

    western white pine

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    liverleaf wintergreen

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    western redcedar

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    darkwoods violet

    common beargrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    3—36

    10—36

    36—127

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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

    31

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    1295

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    305

    1200

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 02N05368
    Oe—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05369
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05370
    Bw1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05371
    Bw2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed, dry; silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak very fine and fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05372
    2Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; very cobbly loam; 18 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and medium structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 33.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 25 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 02N05373
    2Bt2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; very cobbly loam; 18 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 1.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05374
    2Bt3—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; very gravelly loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine to coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05375
    2BC—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 40 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05376
    2C—127 to 160 centimeters (50.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; very cobbly sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 1.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along root channels; 25 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments and 30 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 02N05377