IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Latahco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003ID009006
  • User Pedon ID: S2003ID009006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0224
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16441
  • 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: 47.2111130
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9463882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1540 feet north and 2020 feet west of the SE corner
  • Location Description: about 4 miles North of Tensed, 300 feet West of Highway 95 at Benewah Creek road intersection
  • Map Unit: 121—Latahco-Lovell complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID009—Benewah
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID620—Benewah County Area, Idaho, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47116-B8—Tensed, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Garber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Argiaquic Xeric Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Latahco (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Latahco
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Xeric Argialbolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: local loessial alluvium
  • Landform: low terrace, flood plain, drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R009XY032ID Riparian DECA5-CAREX

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 59789
  • 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

    volcanic glass

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    0—20

    43—51

    53—130

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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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    —

    780

    —

    584

    —

    115

    6.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00982; observed in pit, small
    A—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N00983; observed in pit, small
    E1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E2—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; 16 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E/B—51 to 53 centimeters (20.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, slightly firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 522772; continuous - phpvsfiid 522770; patchy - phpvsfiid 522771; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 522772; continuous - phpvsfiid 522770; patchy - phpvsfiid 522771
    Bt—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) rubbed, dry; silty clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 577529; continuous - phpvsfiid 577529
    Btk—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2), weak red (2.5YR 5/2) and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) rubbed, dry; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented manganese masses in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 577530; continuous - phpvsfiid 577530
    Btkc—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2), pale red (2.5YR 6/2) rubbed and weak red (2.5YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 medium tubular and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct very weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 522763; continuous - phpvsfiid 522764; continuous - phpvsfiid 522763; continuous - phpvsfiid 522764
    Btb—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), pale red (2.5YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 29 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 577531; continuous - phpvsfiid 577532; continuous - phpvsfiid 577531; continuous - phpvsfiid 577532
    Cc—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2), pale red (2.5YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct very weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions and 15 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent fine distinct very weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.; observed in pit, small