IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCrosket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004ID009008
  • User Pedon ID: S2004ID009008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0148
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16985
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.1688881
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0063858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: About 2000 feet north and 900 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Benewah County, Idaho; 5 miles west of De Smet on the north slope of Liberty Butte, 8-45 percent slope
  • Map Unit: 711—McCrosket-Ardenvoir association, 35 to 65 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: 47117-B1—Tekoa, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry MacDonald
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McCrosket
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2012
  • Classifier - Allyson Young
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lolocreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Argixerolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash and/or loess and residuum weathered from siltite
  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent siltite
  • Geology: Upper Member member of the Wallace Formation formation in the Belt Supergroup group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN260 - Douglas-fir/ninebark—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/2007 (entry creation 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    3—30

    30—71

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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

    17

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    1005

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    635

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    A1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; ashy silt loam; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00733
    A2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly ashy silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00734
    Bw—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very channery ashy silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N00735
    Bt1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; extremely flaggy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00736. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986030; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986031; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986030; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986031
    Bt2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986029; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986029
    Bt3—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986032; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986033; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986032; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 986033
    Bt4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; extremely channery clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. continuous - phpvsfiid 986027; continuous - phpvsfiid 986028; continuous - phpvsfiid 986027; continuous - phpvsfiid 986028