IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carrico
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004ID057014
  • User Pedon ID: S2004ID057014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2004ID057014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1098
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16855
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 46.9641685
  • Std. Longitude: -116.8180542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet north and 1250 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Cr3—Carrico-Keeler complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes
  • 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-H7—Princeton, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carrico
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carrico
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash, loess and residuum weathered from syenite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated syenite
  • Geology: Syenite Of Gold Hill member of the Cretaceous Intrusives formation.
  • 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: 7/27/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Brian Gardner
  • 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

    PSMEG

    PIPO

    HODI

    SYAL

    BRVU

    SMRA

    FRVE

    CARU

    ANPI

    ROGY

    PHLE4

    2MOSS

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Pinus ponderosa

    Holodiscus discolor

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Bromus vulgaris

    Smilacina racemosa

    Fragaria vesca

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Anemone piperi

    Rosa gymnocarpa

    Philadelphus lewisii

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    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    ponderosa pine

    oceanspray

    common snowberry

    Columbia brome

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    woodland strawberry

    pinegrass

    Piper's anemone

    dwarf rose

    Lewis' mock orange

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    137 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    2—15

    43—137

    137—

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    —94—

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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

    37

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    957

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    260

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06143; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 15 centimeters (0.8 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06144; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06145; observed in pit, small
    BE—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 21 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06146; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06147; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct skeletans on surfaces along pores and 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06148; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 5.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct skeletans on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06149; observed in pit, small
    BCt—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 very coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct skeletans on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06150; observed in pit, small
    R—137 centimeters (53.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06151; observed in pit, small