IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pold
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2009ID057012
  • User Pedon ID: S2009ID057004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2009ID057012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1152
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 25003
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.7852783
  • Std. Longitude: -116.7978592
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 26
  • Map Unit: 13—Helmer silt loam, 20 to 35 percent slopesPd5—Pold-Pold, dry-Neva complex, 5 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-G7—Moscow Mountain, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BDG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over loamy, amorphic over mixed, active, frigid Aquic Vitrixerands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pold (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 6 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pold
  • Taxonomic Class - Ashy over loamy, glassy over mixed, active, frigid Aquic Vitrixerands
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/2009
  • 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 over loess over Tertiary alluvium
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Geology: Undifferentiated formation of the Cretaceous Granite group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

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

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/2009 (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

    AMAL2

    CARU

    CASTI2

    HODI

    PHMA5

    PIPO

    PSMEG

    ROGY

    SASC

    SMST

    SYAL

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Castilleja

    Holodiscus discolor

    Physocarpus malvaceus

    Pinus ponderosa

    Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

    Rosa gymnocarpa

    Salix scouleriana

    Smilacina stellata

    Symphoricarpos albus

    Saskatoon serviceberry

    pinegrass

    Indian paintbrush

    oceanspray

    mallow ninebark

    ponderosa pine

    Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir

    dwarf rose

    Scouler's willow

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    common snowberry

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

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    100 - 150

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

    ochric epipedon

    andic soil properties

    cambic horizon

    glossic horizon

    albic materials

    argillic horizon

    episaturation

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    fragipan

    0—12

    6—48

    12—72

    72—100

    72—100

    72—150

    72—100

    72—150

    72—100

    100—150

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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

    9

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    868

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    170

    838

    702

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    Oi—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—6 to 12 centimeters (2.4 to 4.7 inches); ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04580; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—12 to 29 centimeters (4.7 to 11.4 inches); ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04581; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—29 to 48 centimeters (11.4 to 18.9 inches); ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 very coarse roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04582; observed in pit, small
    2E—48 to 72 centimeters (18.9 to 28.3 inches); silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium roots between peds; 2.0 very fine irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent distinct silt coats on surfaces along pores and 40 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, skeletans on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-5-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04583; observed in pit, small
    2Btb/E—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.3 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine irregular and 3.0 medium irregular pores; 10 percent distinct silt coats on surfaces along pores and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 09N04585, 09N04584; observed in pit, small
    2Btxb1—100 to 133 centimeters (39.4 to 52.4 inches); silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; brittle; 0.1 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine irregular and 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct skeletans on bedrock; 8 percent dendritic manganese coatings on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04586; observed in pit, small
    2Btxb2—133 to 150 centimeters (52.4 to 59.1 inches); loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; brittle; 15 percent prominent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent dendritic manganese coatings on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N04587; observed in pit, small