Westlake soil and landscape

Soil profile: The Westlake series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained soils that formed in alluvium primarily from loess. Permeability is moderately slow.

 

Landscape: Westlake soils are in flood plains and drainageways, and have slopes of 0 to 3 percent. Westlake soils are used mostly for hay and pasture. The average annual precipitation is about 22 inches and the average annual temperature is about 44 degrees F.

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Cumulic Ultic Haploxerolls

 

Mollic epipedon thickness - 20 to 35 inches

Depth to sand, gravel, and cobble - greater than 40 inches

Days dry, soil moisture control section - 45 to 65

Average summer soil temperature - 59 to 62 degrees F

Average annual soil temperature - 45 to 47 degrees F

 

USE AND VEGETATION: Westlake soils are used mostly for hay and pasture. Some areas are used for cropland, mainly for wheat and barley. Native vegetation is mainly baltic rush, sedge, tufted hairgrass, and common camas.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Idaho. The series is of small extent.

 

For additional information about Idaho soils, please visit:

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/97d01af9d4554b9097cb0a477e04...

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WESTLAKE.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#westlake

 

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