IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ketchum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990ID037046
  • User Pedon ID: 90ID037046
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990ID037046
  • User Site Association ID: ID703_DSM_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0647
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63689
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 44.4208336
  • Std. Longitude: -115.1708298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 26
  • Location Description: Banner Summit
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID037—Custer

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lott, SM
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 46
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ketchum
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAGE

    PICO

    PSME

    Carex geophila

    Pinus contorta

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    White Mountain sedge

    lodgepole pine

    Douglas-fir

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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

    55

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    2256

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    90

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 35 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03683. common fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bw1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03684. few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bw2—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03685. few medium roots; few coarse roots
    C—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. few fine roots; few medium roots