IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carlinton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2009ID057009
  • User Pedon ID: S2009ID057003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2009ID057009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1151
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25002
  • 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: 46.7305000
  • Std. Longitude: -116.4363611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 15
  • Map Unit: 19—Klickson silt loam, 7 to 25 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID057—Latah
  • MLRA: 43—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID610—Latah County Area, IdahoID057—Latah County, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46116-F4—Park, Idaho
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brian Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, frigid Typic Fragixeralfs
  • 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 - Carlinton
  • PSC - 45 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carlinton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, frigid Vitrandic Fragixeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash and loess over Tertiary silty alluvium
  • Landscape: canyonlands
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: basalt
  • Geology: Columbia River Basalt group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: CN260 - Douglas-fir/ninebark—SSR4: Forest Habitat Type - Northern Idaho
  • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/2009 (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

    AMAL2

    BRVU

    DAGL

    HODI

    HYPER

    MITEL

    PHMA5

    PICOL

    PIPO

    POA

    PSMEG

    ROGY

    SYAL

    THMO

    TRAGO

    Abies grandis

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Bromus vulgaris

    Dactylis glomerata

    Holodiscus discolor

    Hypericum

    Mitella

    Physocarpus malvaceus

    Pinus contorta var. latifolia

    Pinus ponderosa

    Poa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Rosa gymnocarpa

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Thamnosma montana

    Tragopogon

    grand fir

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    Columbia brome

    orchardgrass

    oceanspray

    St. Johnswort

    miterwort

    mallow ninebark

    lodgepole pine

    ponderosa pine

    bluegrass

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    dwarf rose

    common snowberry

    turpentinebroom

    goatsbeard

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

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    87 - 150

    - 63 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    volcanic glass

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    episaturation

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    fragipan

    0—16

    2—16

    16—45

    34—150

    45—87

    45—150

    45—87

    65—87

    87—150

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    14

    877

    250

    991

    903

    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described;
    A1—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; ashy silt loam; 10 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04571; dry when described;
    A2—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; ashy silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04572; dry when described;
    Bw1—16 to 34 centimeters (6.3 to 13.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine irregular and 0.1 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04573; dry when described;
    Bw2—34 to 45 centimeters (13.4 to 17.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent faint silt coats on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04574; dry when described;
    Btb/E1—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.2 medium roots between peds; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct skeletans on surfaces along pores; 5 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04575; dry when described;
    Btb/E2—65 to 87 centimeters (25.6 to 34.3 inches); 75 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, 75 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 25 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions and 15 percent medium irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), dry, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04577, 09N04576; dry when described;
    Btxb1—87 to 102 centimeters (34.3 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; brittle; 0.2 very fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium roots between peds; 4.0 very fine irregular pores; 15 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04578; dry when described;
    Btxb2—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; brittle; 0.1 very fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium roots between peds; 2.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct skeletans on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent manganese coatings on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N04579; dry when described;