IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Genola
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ID031001
  • User Pedon ID: 78ID031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0419
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45973
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 42.2452774
  • Std. Longitude: -113.3408356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 839 meters W and 100 meters N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Cassia County, Idaho
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID031—Cassia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. B. Maxwell F. Kaiski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Xeric Torrifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Genola
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Genola
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), mesic, mollic Xero
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02328. few roots
    1Ap2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02329. many roots
    1C1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02330. Few fine verticle salt grains.; many roots
    1C2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02331. many roots
    1C3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02332
    1C4—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02333
    2A1b—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02334. common roots
    2C5—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; 30 percent medium irregular salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 78P02335. many medium salt masses concentrations; common roots