IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palouse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004ID009002
  • User Pedon ID: S2004ID009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16861
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 47.1866684
  • Std. Longitude: -117.0144424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: about 2170 feet south and 1100 feet east of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 116—Thatuna-Caldwell complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID009—Benewah
  • MLRA: 9—Palouse and Nez Perce Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID607—Benewah County Area, IdahoID620—Benewah County Area, Idaho, Western Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47117-B1—Tekoa, Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Bare
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Vitrandic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Palouse
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2013
  • Classifier - Brian Gardner
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snow
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over alluvium
  • Landscape: foothills
  • Landform: terrace on valley
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Alluvial Deposits formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: winter wheat
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    volcanic glass

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—30

    0—74

    30—152

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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

    2

    —

    —

    771

    —

    360

    508

    —

    130

    8.9

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    —

    9.4

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; silt loam; 9 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.3 coarse tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06200; observed in trench
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 9 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.3 coarse tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06201; observed in trench
    Bw1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.3 coarse tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06202; observed in trench
    Bw2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.3 very coarse tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.3 coarse tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06203; observed in trench
    Bt1—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.3 very coarse tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.3 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06204; observed in trench
    Bt2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silt loam; 19 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.6 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.3 very coarse tubular and 3.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 0.3 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dry, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06205; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 318090; continuous - phpvsfiid 318090
    Bt3—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 very coarse tubular and 2.0 medium tubular and 10.0 fine tubular and 1.0 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N06206; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 318093; continuous - phpvsfiid 318092; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 318093; continuous - phpvsfiid 318092