IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2004ID057015
  • User Pedon ID: S2004ID057015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2004ID057015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16854
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.0029716
  • Std. Longitude: -116.8519135
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet south and 900 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: Ac2—Arson-Carlinton complex, dry, 8 to 35 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: 47116-A7—Sanders, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. GARDNER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Ultic Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arson
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ARSON
  • 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 residuum weathered from siltite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: siltite
  • Geology: Libby Formation formation of 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: 8/3/2004 (actual site observation 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PSMEG

    PIPO

    HODI

    ROGY

    SYAL

    CARU

    PHMA5

    ADBI

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Pinus ponderosa

    Holodiscus discolor

    Rosa gymnocarpa

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Physocarpus malvaceus

    Adenocaulon bicolor

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    ponderosa pine

    oceanspray

    dwarf rose

    common snowberry

    pinegrass

    mallow ninebark

    American trailplant

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

    bedrock, paralithic

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

    ochric epipedon

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—8

    3—8

    8—48

    48—99

    48—63

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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

    21

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    936

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    240

    760

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06132; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, moist; ashy silt loam; 10 percent clay; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06133; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; ashy silt loam; 12 percent clay; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 8 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 5 percent fine iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06134; observed in pit, small
    EBt—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 medium tubular pores; 2 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 5 percent fine iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06135; observed in pit, small
    B/Et—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); 75 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silt loam, silt loam; 20 percent clay; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06136; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.2 medium tubular pores; 5 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent prominent skeletans on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06137; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; extremely hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.2 medium tubular pores; 5 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent prominent skeletans on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06138; observed in pit, small
    C1—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3) interior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, moist; extremely paragravelly silt loam; 8 percent clay; hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots around fragments and 0.5 medium and coarse roots around fragments; 0.2 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 65 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06139; observed in pit, small
    C2—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3) interior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, moist; extremely paragravelly silt loam; 8 percent clay; hard, friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots around fragments and 0.2 medium roots around fragments; 40 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 75 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06140; observed in pit, small
    Cr—142 centimeters (55.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 04N06141; observed in pit, small