Quincy soil series
Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the Quincy series in Idaho.
The Quincy series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils formed in sands on dunes and terraces. Slopes are 0 to 65 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 10 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 52 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Xeric Torripsamments
The mean annual soil temperature is 50 to 57 degrees F, and the mean summer temperature is 66 to 78 degrees F. These soils are moist in the winter and spring but are dry more than one half of the time the soil temperature exceeds 40 degrees F., about 105 to 130 consecutive days. These soils are dry in all parts between depths of 7 and 20 inches. Hue is 10YR or 2.5Y. Value is 4 to 7 dry, 3 to 5 moist and chroma is 1 to 4 moist or dry. Organic matter in the surface horizon when mixed is less than 1 percent. The 10 to 40 inch particle-size control section ranges from sand to loamy fine sand. Less than 75 percent of the sand is very coarse, coarse, and medium if the clay content is less than 5 percent. If the clay content exceeds 5 percent, more than 75 percent of the sand fraction can be in the very coarse, coarse and medium size classes. The upper 15 inches of these soils is free of lime, except for small particles brought up by insects and animals. The matrix below 15 inches is noncalcareous in some pedons. Reaction in the upper 20 inches is slightly acid to moderately alkaline, and below 20 inches it is neutral to moderately alkaline. Some pedons have unconforming materials, including coarse sand, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, silt loam, very gravelly sand, very gravelly loamy fine sand, at depths below 40 inches.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for livestock grazing and irrigated cropland. Irrigated areas are in potatoes, hay, pasture, small grains, grapes, and tree fruits. The natural vegetation is needleandthread, thickspike wheatgrass, Indian ricegrass, rabbitbrush, horsebrush, fourwing saltbush, Antelope bitterbrush, and big sagebrush.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Washington MLRA 7, Oregon MLRA 7 and 11, Idaho MLRA 11, and California. The soil is extensive.
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Quincy soil series
Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the Quincy series in Idaho.
The Quincy series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils formed in sands on dunes and terraces. Slopes are 0 to 65 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 10 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 52 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Xeric Torripsamments
The mean annual soil temperature is 50 to 57 degrees F, and the mean summer temperature is 66 to 78 degrees F. These soils are moist in the winter and spring but are dry more than one half of the time the soil temperature exceeds 40 degrees F., about 105 to 130 consecutive days. These soils are dry in all parts between depths of 7 and 20 inches. Hue is 10YR or 2.5Y. Value is 4 to 7 dry, 3 to 5 moist and chroma is 1 to 4 moist or dry. Organic matter in the surface horizon when mixed is less than 1 percent. The 10 to 40 inch particle-size control section ranges from sand to loamy fine sand. Less than 75 percent of the sand is very coarse, coarse, and medium if the clay content is less than 5 percent. If the clay content exceeds 5 percent, more than 75 percent of the sand fraction can be in the very coarse, coarse and medium size classes. The upper 15 inches of these soils is free of lime, except for small particles brought up by insects and animals. The matrix below 15 inches is noncalcareous in some pedons. Reaction in the upper 20 inches is slightly acid to moderately alkaline, and below 20 inches it is neutral to moderately alkaline. Some pedons have unconforming materials, including coarse sand, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, silt loam, very gravelly sand, very gravelly loamy fine sand, at depths below 40 inches.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for livestock grazing and irrigated cropland. Irrigated areas are in potatoes, hay, pasture, small grains, grapes, and tree fruits. The natural vegetation is needleandthread, thickspike wheatgrass, Indian ricegrass, rabbitbrush, horsebrush, fourwing saltbush, Antelope bitterbrush, and big sagebrush.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Washington MLRA 7, Oregon MLRA 7 and 11, Idaho MLRA 11, and California. The soil is extensive.
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/Q/QUINCY.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#quincy