IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kingspeak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004ID009005
  • User Pedon ID: S2004ID009005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004ID009005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1107
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16864
  • 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: 47.3250008
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6413879
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: about 415 feet south and 2260 feet east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 4 miles west of ST. Maries, ID.
  • Map Unit: 651—Kingspeak-Shayhill, stony complex, 5 to 40 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-C6—Benewah Lake, Idaho
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Bare
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingspeak
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingspeak
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Vitrandic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and/or loess over alluvium and/or lacustrine deposits over colluvium derived from basalt
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Priest Rapids member of the Wanapum formation in the Columbia River Basalt group.
  • 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: 7/14/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 615-85
  • Plant Association Name: THPL-CLUN
  • 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

    AMAL2

    BEPA

    BROMU

    CARU

    CLUN2

    HODI

    LIBOL2

    MAST4

    PHMA5

    PSME

    ROSA5

    RUPA

    SYAL

    TITRU

    TRPE3

    Abies grandis

    Acer glabrum

    Adenocaulon bicolor

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Betula papyrifera

    Bromus

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Clintonia uniflora

    Holodiscus discolor

    Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora

    Maianthemum stellatum

    Physocarpus malvaceus

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Rosa

    Rubus parviflorus

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

    Trillium petiolatum

    grand fir

    Rocky Mountain maple

    American trailplant

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    paper birch

    brome

    pinegrass

    bride's bonnet

    oceanspray

    longtube twinflower

    starry false lily of the valley

    mallow ninebark

    Douglas-fir

    rose

    thimbleberry

    common snowberry

    oneleaf foamflower

    Idaho trillium

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic materials

    albic horizon

    glossic horizon

    lamellae

    argillic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    0—10

    18—76

    18—36

    36—76

    36—114

    61—163

    114—142

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    23

    725

    305

    737

    100

    6.1

    6.7

    ID8062

    Saint Maries

    TAPS

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06225; observed in trench
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; ashy silt loam; 5 percent clay; moderate very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06226; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    BE—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; ashy silt loam; 5 percent clay; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.8 coarse tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06227; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    EBt—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) broken face and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face, dry; silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak thin platy structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; 5 percent lamellae (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06228; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    E/Bt—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); 35 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face and 35 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, 70 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak thick platy, and weak medium platy structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.8 medium roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-?-200 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-25-50 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06229; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt/E—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face and 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, 65 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and 20 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face and 15 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very 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; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 10 percent faint pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very fine mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-25-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 10 percent lamellae (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06230; slightly moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bt—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face, dry; silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots between peds and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 2 percent distinct organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 20 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent faint light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very fine mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-25 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-100-200 millimeter basalt fragments; 10 percent lamellae (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06231; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Btx—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots between peds and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 4 percent distinct organoargillans on surfaces along pores and 20 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent faint pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent very fine mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-25 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06232; moist when described; observed in trench
    3Bt—142 to 163 centimeters (55.9 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; cobbly silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine tubular and 0.8 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent faint pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented iron-manganese masses throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-100-200 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-25-75 millimeter basalt fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N06233; moist when described; observed in trench