IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Driscoll
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003ID009003
  • User Pedon ID: S2003ID009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16438
  • 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: 47.1738892
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9061127
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 12
  • Location Description: About 1 mile NE of Tensed, Idaho
  • Map Unit: 363—Larkin-Driscoll complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID009—Benewah
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID620—Benewah County Area, Idaho, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47116-B8—Tensed, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Macdonald
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Driscoll
  • PSC - 69 to 119 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Worley
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: recent loess over older loess
  • Landscape: loess hills
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: PIPO/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

    albic horizon

    albic materials

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—64

    64—69

    64—69

    69—119

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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

    3

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    —

    853

    —

    685

    —

    130

    8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00977
    BA—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00978
    Bw—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    E—64 to 69 centimeters (25.2 to 27.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.8 very fine roots throughout; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 55 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 259562; continuous - phpvsfiid 259563; continuous - phpvsfiid 259562; continuous - phpvsfiid 259563
    Bt2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 259564; continuous - phpvsfiid 259565; continuous - phpvsfiid 259564; continuous - phpvsfiid 259565
    Bt3—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 55 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 259566; continuous - phpvsfiid 259567; continuous - phpvsfiid 259566; continuous - phpvsfiid 259567
    C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 259568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 259568