IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Santa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004ID057013
  • User Pedon ID: S2004ID057013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2004ID057013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16858
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.9208870
  • Std. Longitude: -116.6823883
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 20 feet south and 2,450 feet east of the northwest corneer
  • Map Unit: Bn1—
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID057—Latah County, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46116-H6—Harvard, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, frigid Fragiaquic Palexeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Santa
  • PSC - 61 to 109 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benewah
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash and loess over silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Latah Formation formation of the Older Sediments group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN506 - grand fir/ninebark—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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

    ACMI2

    FRVI

    HODI

    PICOL

    PIPO

    PSMEG

    ROGY

    Abies grandis

    Achillea millefolium

    Fragaria virginiana

    Holodiscus discolor

    Pinus contorta var. latifolia

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Rosa gymnocarpa

    grand fir

    common yarrow

    Virginia strawberry

    oceanspray

    lodgepole pine

    ponderosa pine

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    dwarf rose

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    strongly coherent

    109 - 152

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—8

    8—51

    51—61

    61—152

    109—152

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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

    10

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    850

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    315

    787

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06169; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06170; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; ashy silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; 2 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06171; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.2 medium and coarse tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06172; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    E—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine and medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06173; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06174; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent prominent skeletans on all faces of peds and 80 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent manganese coatings on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06175; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btx1—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; rigid, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 90 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 90 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent manganese coatings on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06176; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Btx2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; rigid, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; brittle; 0.2 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 90 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 90 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent manganese coatings on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 04N06177; dry when described; observed in pit, small