IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parkay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013ID007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013ID007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N97441
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72814
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 42.4353520
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0688260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID713—Caribou National Forest, Idaho and Wyoming

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Glenn Hoffmann
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, superactive Pachic Argicryolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkay
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2016
  • Classifier - Kara Green
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Povey
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Pachic Haplocryolls
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2013
  • Classifier - Glenn Hoffmann
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Glenn Hoffmann
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—72

    41—

    —72—

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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

    36

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    2135

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    280

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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; loam; 42 percent sand; 13 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (10.0) very fine roots and common (2.0) fine roots; many (6.0) very fine irregular and common (2.0) fine irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97441; observed in pit, small
    A2—6 to 26 centimeters (2.4 to 10.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, dry; loam; 44 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; many (5.0) very fine roots and few (0.5) medium roots and common (1.0) fine roots; common (4.0) very fine irregular and common (1.0) fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97441; observed in pit, small
    AB—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dry; extremely gravelly loam; 44 percent sand; 18 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots and few (0.1) medium roots and common (1.0) fine roots; many (7.0) very fine tubular and few (0.1) medium tubular and few (0.1) coarse tubular pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mudstone fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97441; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—41 to 72 centimeters (16.1 to 28.3 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; 40 percent sand; 29 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots; many (6.0) very fine tubular and common (1.0) fine tubular pores; 4 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 4 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mudstone fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97441; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—72 to 97 centimeters (28.3 to 38.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, dry; extremely gravelly clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (1.0) very fine roots and few (0.1) medium roots and few (0.1) fine roots; many (6.0) very fine tubular pores; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent clay films on surfaces along pores and 6 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-?-600 millimeter mudstone fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mudstone fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97441; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—97 to 120 centimeters (38.2 to 47.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, dry; extremely cobbly clay loam; 40 percent sand; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (1.0) very fine roots; many (8.0) very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-?-600 millimeter mudstone fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mudstone fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N97441; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—120 to 152 centimeters (47.2 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face extremely cobbly clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; few (0.1) very fine roots and few (0.1) fine roots; many (8.0) very fine tubular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 250-?-600 millimeter mudstone fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mudstone fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mudstone fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 13N97441; observed in pit, small