IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sly

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2003ID009008

User Pedon ID: S2003ID009008

Vegetation Plot ID: S2003ID009008

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 04N0226

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16443

Print Date: 12/18/2024

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: 47.3079185

Std. Longitude: -116.5977783

Datum: WGS84

Township: 46N

Range: 2W

Section: 28

PLSS Details: About 1430 feet South and 2468 feet East of the NW corner

Location Description: West Benewah Soil Survey Area-Mutch Creek, SE of St. Maries.

Map Unit: 322—Reggear, moist-Sly complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Idaho

County: ID009—Benewah

MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID607—Benewah County Area, IdahoID620—Benewah County Area, Idaho, Western Part

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47116-C5—Saint Maries, Idaho

PEDON

Describers Name: Scott Bare

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 8

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Sly

PSC - 23 to 73 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/18/2013

Classifier - Brian Gardner

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Sly

Classificaton Date - 6/24/2003

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loess and volcanic ash over residuum weathered from basalt

Landscape: foothills

Landform: loess capped basalt structural bench

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Other Vegetative Class: CN530 - western redcedar/queencup beadlily—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/24/2003 (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 ACGL ADBI ANPI ASCA2 BRVU CLUN2 COOC DIHOO FRAGA GOOB2 HODI LAOC LIBOL2 MAST4 MIST3 RUPA SYAL THPL	Abies grandis Acer glabrum Adenocaulon bicolor Anemone piperi Asarum caudatum Bromus vulgaris Clintonia uniflora Coptis occidentalis Disporum hookeri var. oreganum Fragaria Goodyera oblongifolia Holodiscus discolor Larix occidentalis Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora Maianthemum stellatum Mitella stauropetala Rubus parviflorus Symphoricarpos albus Thuja plicata	grand fir Rocky Mountain maple American trailplant Piper's anemone British Columbia wildginger Columbia brome bride's bonnet Idaho goldthread Oregon drops of gold strawberry western rattlesnake plantain oceanspray western larch longtube twinflower starry false lily of the valley smallflower miterwort thimbleberry common snowberry western redcedar	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon volcanic glass argillic horizon	5—13 5—23 23—152	—- —- —-

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
27	—	—	890	—	45	762	—	90	5.6	—	—	6.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in pit, small

Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in pit, small

A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; ashy silt loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00987; moist when described; observed in pit, small

BA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; ashy silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00988; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 19 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.8 coarse tubular pores; 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores and 40 percent faint skeletans on all faces of peds and 40 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 40 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent faint skeletans on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00989; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.8 coarse tubular pores; 40 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, skeletans on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct skeletans on all faces of peds and 40 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, skeletans on surfaces along pores and 40 percent distinct skeletans on surfaces along pores and 65 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 65 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00990; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt3—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.8 coarse tubular pores; 65 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 65 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 65 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, skeletans on all faces of peds and 65 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, skeletans on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N00991; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt4—94 to 140 centimeters (37.0 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout and 0.8 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.8 coarse tubular pores; 65 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 65 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 65 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, skeletans on all faces of peds and 65 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, skeletans on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt5—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.8 coarse tubular pores; 65 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in pit, small