IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shayhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004ID009006
  • User Pedon ID: S2004ID009006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004ID009006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16865
  • 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: 47.3233871
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6397476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: about 325m south and 820m east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: about 3 miles west of St. Maries, Id.
  • Map Unit: 256—Shayhill gravelly ashy silt loam, 35 to 65 percent slopes, stony
  • 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: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shayhill
  • PSC - 30 to 105 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 - Shayhill
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed loess volcanic ash over loess over colluvium derived from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: escarpment
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very 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: 1.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 350-millimeter basalt, 2.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 75- to 250-millimeter basalt,
  • 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: 5/13/2004 (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

    ACRU2

    AMAL2

    ANPI

    CLUN2

    COOC

    DIHOO

    GATR3

    HODI

    LAOC

    LIBOL2

    PHMA5

    PSME

    ROSA5

    RUPA

    TRPE3

    Abies grandis

    Acer glabrum

    Actaea rubra

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Anemone piperi

    Clintonia uniflora

    Coptis occidentalis

    Disporum hookeri var. oreganum

    Galium triflorum

    Holodiscus discolor

    Larix occidentalis

    Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora

    Physocarpus malvaceus

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Rosa

    Rubus parviflorus

    Trillium petiolatum

    grand fir

    Rocky Mountain maple

    red baneberry

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    Piper's anemone

    bride's bonnet

    Idaho goldthread

    Oregon drops of gold

    fragrant bedstraw

    oceanspray

    western larch

    longtube twinflower

    mallow ninebark

    Douglas-fir

    rose

    thimbleberry

    Idaho trillium

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

    ochric epipedon

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    3—86

    8—127

    127—229

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    60

    799

    320

    762

    762

    100

    5.6

    6.1

    ID8062

    Saint Maries

    TAPS

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06234; moist when described; observed in trench
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06235; moist when described; observed in trench
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; gravelly ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 250-350-450 millimeter basalt fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-20-50 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06235; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw1—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; gravelly ashy silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-20-50 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06236; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bw2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; gravelly silt loam; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-20-50 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06237; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; very cobbly silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-20-50 millimeter basalt fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06238; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; very cobbly loam; 19 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 250-350-450 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-20-50 millimeter basalt fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06239; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt3—127 to 173 centimeters (50.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, dry; very cobbly loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 very coarse roots around fragments and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots around fragments; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent distinct silt coats on surfaces along pores and 10 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 250-350-450 millimeter basalt fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-20-50 millimeter basalt fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06240; moist when described; observed in trench
    BCt—173 to 229 centimeters (68.1 to 90.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) broken face, dry; extremely cobbly loam; 18 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular and 8.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 15 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), dry, clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 5-20-50 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-20-50 millimeter basalt fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 250-350-450 millimeter basalt fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-150-250 millimeter basalt fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N06241; moist when described; observed in trench