IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wursten

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S10ID071003

User Pedon ID: S2010ID071003

Vegetation Plot ID: S10ID071003

User Site Association ID: ID713_sites_v1backup_ID713_sites_v1_backup20240307

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 11N0249

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71344

Print Date: 3/13/2025

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: 42.3848080

Std. Longitude: -112.3334960

Datum: WGS84

State: Idaho

County: ID071—Oneida

MLRA: 13—Eastern Idaho Plateaus

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID713—Caribou National Forest, Idaho and Wyoming

PEDON

Describers Name: K. Green

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calcixerolls

Current Taxon Kind: family

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Wursten

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calcixerolls

Classificaton Date - 9/27/2010

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: loess influenced colluvium derived from quartzite and/or limestone

Landscape: mountains

Landform: mountain slope

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent nonflat indurated 2- to 75-millimeter limestone, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R013XY003ID	Steep South 16-22 PZ ARTRV/PSSPS	Jan 22 2024

Other Vegetative Class: HFW019 - mountain big sagebrush/bluebunch wheatgrass—SSR4: Sagebrush-Grass HTs of Southern Idaho, May 1983

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/27/2010 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

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
PSME PSME AMAL2 AMAL2 ARTRV ARTRV CHVI8 CHVI8 PUTR2 PUTR2 SYOR2 SYOR2 BROMU BROMU POBU POBU CANU3 CANU3 HEUN HEUN LUPIN LUPIN	Pseudotsuga menziesii Pseudotsuga menziesii Amelanchier alnifolia Amelanchier alnifolia Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Purshia tridentata Purshia tridentata Symphoricarpos oreophilus Symphoricarpos oreophilus Bromus Bromus Poa bulbosa Poa bulbosa Calochortus nuttallii Calochortus nuttallii Helianthella uniflora Helianthella uniflora Lupinus Lupinus	Douglas-fir Douglas-fir Saskatoon serviceberry Saskatoon serviceberry mountain big sagebrush mountain big sagebrush yellow rabbitbrush yellow rabbitbrush antelope bitterbrush antelope bitterbrush mountain snowberry mountain snowberry brome brome bulbous bluegrass bulbous bluegrass sego lily sego lily oneflower helianthella oneflower helianthella lupine lupine	tree tree shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine shrub/vine grass/grasslike grass/grasslike grass/grasslike grass/grasslike forb forb forb forb forb forb	— — 3 3 5 5 — — 2 2 2 2 1 1 25 25 — — 10 10 — —	— overstory — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon calcic horizon	0—33 33—152	—- —-

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
32	—	—	2069	—	280	—	940	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; gravelly silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; quartzite fragments and quartzite fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat 20-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00996; moist when described;

A2—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; gravelly silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; quartzite fragments and quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 20-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00997; moist when described;

ABk—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; gravelly silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments and carbonate, finely disseminated in matrix; quartzite fragments and quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 20-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00998; moist when described;

Bk1—46 to 97 centimeters (18.1 to 38.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, moist; gravelly silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; carbonate, finely disseminated and carbonate concretions on bottom of rock fragments and 5 percent medium irregular carbonate masses in matrix; quartzite fragments and quartzite fragments and quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat 20-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00999; moist when described;

Bk2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, moist; very gravelly silt loam; 20 percent clay; 0.5 fine roots; 10.0 very fine irregular pores; quartzite fragments and quartzite fragments and quartzite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 20-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 11N01000; moist when described;