IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vassar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2016ID035002
  • User Pedon ID: S2016ID035002F
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87529
  • User Project ID: 2016proj002
  • Project Name: MLRA 43A - DSP - Response of dynamic soil properties to stand structure on Vassar series, Idaho
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 46.7876417
  • Std. Longitude: -116.1281611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 30
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID035—Clearwater
  • MLRA: 43A—Northern Rocky Mountains
  • Regional Office: NW—Northwest
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NW-MOS—Moscow, Idaho
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID612—Clearwater Area, Idaho
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46116-G2—Elk River, Idaho
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brian Gardner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Andic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vassar
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Andic Eutrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/2019
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: volcanic ash over residuum weathered from gneiss
  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - UT1
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/2016 (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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    andic soil properties

    3—33

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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

    58

    978

    360

    1090

    91

    6.8

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00066; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ashy silt loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.6 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter charcoal fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00067; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) ashy silt loam; 7 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00068; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) ashy silt loam; 6 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 17N00069; observed in pit, small
    2Bt—33 to 60 centimeters (13.0 to 23.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; 7 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 very fine irregular and 0.4 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; 1 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent). Lab sample # 17N00070; observed in pit, small