IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gralic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013ID029001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013ID029001
  • User Site Association ID: ID713_sites_v1backup_ID713_sites_v1_backup20240307
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N97446
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73186
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 42.7068330
  • Std. Longitude: -111.1640030
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID029—Caribou
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID713—Caribou National Forest, Idaho and Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kara Green
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, nonacid Typic Cryorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gralic
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/2020
  • Classifier - Kara Green
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kegsprings
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Typic Haplocryepts
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2013
  • Classifier - Kara Green
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from shale
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Other Vegetative Class: SC720 - subalpine fir/blue huckleberry—Forest Habitat Types of E. Idaho - W. Wyoming (GTR-INT-144)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Kara Green
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    7—23

    23—

    —16—

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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

    50

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    —

    2405

    —

    40

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    1120

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small
    Oe—1 to 7 centimeters (0.4 to 2.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—7 to 23 centimeters (2.8 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face channery loam; 45 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (2.0) medium roots and common (1.0) fine roots; common (3.0) very fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume flat indurated 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97446; observed in pit, small
    AB—23 to 60 centimeters (9.1 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face very channery loam; 45 percent sand; 14 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (1.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots and common (1.0) coarse roots; many (5.0) very fine tubular pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 25 percent by volume flat indurated 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97446; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—60 to 108 centimeters (23.6 to 42.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face channery loam; 45 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (2.0) very fine roots and common (2.0) fine roots; many (5.0) very fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97446; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—108 to 152 centimeters (42.5 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face extremely flaggy loam; 50 percent sand; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (1.0) very fine roots and common (1.0) fine roots; many (5.0) very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 40 percent by volume flat indurated 150-?-380 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 13N97446; observed in pit, small