IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vassar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008ID057012
  • User Pedon ID: S2008ID057003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008ID057012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0077
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24066
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.8053322
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7899475
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40 N
  • Range: 4 W
  • Section: 13
  • Map Unit: Jb2—Jacot-Vassar-Lado complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID610—Latah County Area, IdahoID057—Latah County, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46116-G7—Moscow Mountain, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BDG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial over loamy, aniso, amorphic over isotic, frigid Typic Udivitrands
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vassar
  • PSC - 3 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vassar
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy, amorphic over isotic, frigid Typic Udivitrands
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum weathered from granite
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN530 - western redcedar/queencup beadlily—Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho (GTR-INT-236)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ADBI

    CHUM

    CLUN2

    COOC

    FRFA

    GATR3

    GOOB2

    LIBOL2

    LOUT

    SMST

    THPL

    TRLA6

    Abies grandis

    Adenocaulon bicolor

    Chimaphila umbellata

    Clintonia uniflora

    Coptis occidentalis

    Frasera fastigiata

    Galium triflorum

    Goodyera oblongifolia

    Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora

    Lomatium utriculatum

    Smilacina stellata

    Thuja plicata

    Trientalis latifolia

    grand fir

    American trailplant

    pipsissewa

    bride's bonnet

    Idaho goldthread

    clustered green gentian

    fragrant bedstraw

    western rattlesnake plantain

    longtube twinflower

    common lomatium

    —

    western redcedar

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    bedrock, paralithic

    —

    114 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—8

    3—50

    8—101

    114—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    53

    —

    —

    1074

    —

    889

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00552; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.4 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00553; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dry; ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.4 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 3.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00554; observed in pit, small
    2Bw3—50 to 67 centimeters (19.7 to 26.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; 8 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine interstitial pores; 10 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 20 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-39-75 millimeter tuff, acidic fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2BC—67 to 101 centimeters (26.4 to 39.8 inches); variegated gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 15 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2C—101 to 114 centimeters (39.8 to 44.9 inches); variegated very gravelly sand; 1 percent clay; massive; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 10 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 45 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-3-5 millimeter granite fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Cr—114 centimeters (44.9 inches); massive; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments.; observed in pit, small