IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aquandic Dystrudepts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09BDG015
  • User Pedon ID: S2009ID035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 09BDG015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24948
  • 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: 46.4960289
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7956390
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 2
  • Map Unit: 10—Aquandic Endoaquepts and Aquandic Dystrudepts soils, 0 to 10 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • County: ID035—Clearwater
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID612—Clearwater Area, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46115-D7—Pierce, Idaho
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BGardner and BKnapp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aquandic Dystrudepts
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed volcanic ash and alluvium
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: valley floor
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods begining in feb
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Alluvium member.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN500 - grand fir series—SSR4: Forest Habitat Type - Northern Idaho
  • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/2009 (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

    ABGR

    ACMI2

    ADBI

    AGGI2

    AMAL2

    BRIN2

    DAGL

    FRVE

    PICO

    PIEN

    PIMO3

    POBAT

    SYAL

    Abies grandis

    Achillea millefolium

    Adenocaulon bicolor

    Agrostis gigantea

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Bromus inermis

    Dactylis glomerata

    Fragaria vesca

    Pinus contorta

    Picea engelmannii

    Pinus monticola

    Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa

    Symphoricarpos albus

    grand fir

    common yarrow

    American trailplant

    redtop

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    smooth brome

    orchardgrass

    woodland strawberry

    lodgepole pine

    Engelmann spruce

    western white pine

    black cottonwood

    common snowberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    1—11

    1—11

    11—30

    —10—

    —10—

    —19—

    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

    3

    215

    1142

    Pierce R.S.

    SNOTEL

    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—1 to 11 centimeters (0.4 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, dry; ashy sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter quartzite fragments, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—11 to 30 centimeters (4.3 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 20 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter quartzite fragments, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); variegated stratified stratified gravelly sand to sand; 2 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter quartzite fragments, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    B'w—66 to 80 centimeters (26.0 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; gravelly sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint silt coats on rock fragments and 1 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter quartzite fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C'1—80 to 106 centimeters (31.5 to 41.7 inches); variegated stratified stratified gravelly sand to gravelly sandy loam; 2 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter mixed fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C'2—106 to 140 centimeters (41.7 to 55.1 inches); variegated extremely cobbly sand; 2 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots around fragments; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 250-300-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 28 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 55 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter mixed fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C'3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); variegated stratified stratified extremely gravelly loamy sand to sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent medium platy strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry, masses of oxidized iron along lamina or strata surfaces and 15 percent medium platy light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry, iron depletions along lamina or strata surfaces; 25 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; 3 percent by volume 2-5-75 millimeter charcoal fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 25 percent lamina (volume percent); 25 percent lamina (lateral area percent), pH meter.; very moist when described; observed in pit, small