Chilcott soil and landscape
Chilcott soils are nearly level to moderately steep on high terraces, mesas, calderas, shield volcanos and basalt plains at elevations of 2,300 to 5,300 feet. Slopes range from 0 to 30 percent. These soils formed in a thin mantle of loess over silty alluvium from loess and weathered volcanic ash over loamy or sandy and gravelly alluvium from igneous materials. The climate is cool, moist in the winter and hot, dry in the summer. Average annual precipitation is dominantly 8 to 12 inches, but ranges to 15 inches in the Boise Front (Ada County, Idaho). Average annual temperature is 45 to 54 degrees F. Frost-free period is 90 to 170 days.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; slow to rapid runoff; slow permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Chilcott soils are used mainly for irrigated cropland, hayland and pastureland at lower elevations and for rangeland and wildlife habitat at higher elevations. Crops grown include corn and small grains. The dominant natural vegetation is Wyoming big sagebrush, Thurber needlegrass, and bluebunch wheatgrass.
TYPE LOCATION: Gem County, Idaho; about 9 miles northwest of Emmett; 2,400 feet south and 1,100 feet west of the northeast corner of section 7, T.7 N., R.2 W.; USGS Northwest Emmett Quadrangle; (Latitude 43 degrees, 57 minutes, 33 seconds N. and Longitude 116 degrees, 36 minutes, 57 seconds W.)
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Chilcott soil and landscape
Chilcott soils are nearly level to moderately steep on high terraces, mesas, calderas, shield volcanos and basalt plains at elevations of 2,300 to 5,300 feet. Slopes range from 0 to 30 percent. These soils formed in a thin mantle of loess over silty alluvium from loess and weathered volcanic ash over loamy or sandy and gravelly alluvium from igneous materials. The climate is cool, moist in the winter and hot, dry in the summer. Average annual precipitation is dominantly 8 to 12 inches, but ranges to 15 inches in the Boise Front (Ada County, Idaho). Average annual temperature is 45 to 54 degrees F. Frost-free period is 90 to 170 days.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; slow to rapid runoff; slow permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Chilcott soils are used mainly for irrigated cropland, hayland and pastureland at lower elevations and for rangeland and wildlife habitat at higher elevations. Crops grown include corn and small grains. The dominant natural vegetation is Wyoming big sagebrush, Thurber needlegrass, and bluebunch wheatgrass.
TYPE LOCATION: Gem County, Idaho; about 9 miles northwest of Emmett; 2,400 feet south and 1,100 feet west of the northeast corner of section 7, T.7 N., R.2 W.; USGS Northwest Emmett Quadrangle; (Latitude 43 degrees, 57 minutes, 33 seconds N. and Longitude 116 degrees, 36 minutes, 57 seconds W.)
For additional information about Idaho soils, please visit:
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For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CHILCOTT.html
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