IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Driscoll
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004ID009004
  • User Pedon ID: S2004ID009004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004ID009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16863
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 47.3448296
  • Std. Longitude: -116.9781189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: about 2270 feet south and 695 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: about 4 miles northwest of the town of Plummer and 1.5 miles south of the county line
  • Map Unit: 355—Southwick-Driscoll complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID009—Benewah
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID607—Benewah County Area, IdahoID620—Benewah County Area, Idaho, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47116-C8—Plummer, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Bare
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Vertic Palexerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Driscoll
  • PSC - 66 to 116 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Worley
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: younger loess over older, buried loess
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: loess hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Palouse Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: PIPO/SYAL
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    POAL

    Poa alpigena

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

    mollic epipedon

    episaturation

    albic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    43—66

    61—66

    66—124

    66—185

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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

    9

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    844

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    165

    584

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    120

    8.3

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    8.9

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06216; observed in trench
    Ap2—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06217; observed in trench
    AB—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06218; observed in trench
    EBtc—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face and brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.3 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct sand coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06219; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 318024; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 318027; continuous - phpvsfiid 318025; continuous - phpvsfiid 318024; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 318027; continuous - phpvsfiid 318025
    Ec—61 to 66 centimeters (24.0 to 26.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) broken face, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct sand coats on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06220; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 477022; continuous - phpvsfiid 477023; continuous - phpvsfiid 477022; continuous - phpvsfiid 477023
    Btb1—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face and brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium interstitial and 6.0 fine tubular and 0.3 coarse interstitial pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06221; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 318028; continuous - phpvsfiid 318028
    Btb2—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium interstitial and 4.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06222; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 318036; continuous - phpvsfiid 318030; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 318036; continuous - phpvsfiid 318030
    Btb3—124 to 155 centimeters (48.8 to 61.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06223; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 318032; continuous - phpvsfiid 318032
    Btb4—155 to 185 centimeters (61.0 to 72.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine distinct weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular moderately coherent cemented 10-15-30 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N06224; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 796426; continuous - phpvsfiid 796426