IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montezuma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999ID001001
  • User Pedon ID: 99ID001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999ID001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0206
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11714
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.2224998
  • Std. Longitude: -115.9972229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SE/NE
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID001—Ada
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID666—Ada County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy, glassy, mesic Xereptic Haplodurids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montezuma
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Enko
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Xereptic Hap
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1999
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 27
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARTRW

    POSA

    SIHY

    Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis

    Poa saltuensis

    Sitanion hystrix

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    oldpasture bluegrass

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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

    7

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    945

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    270

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; 17 percent clay; moderate fine and medium platy parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 2.0 very fine and fine and medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. reaction: eo; dom cinders, durinodes: 10xgr
    BA—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 2.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01533. reaction: eo; dom cinders, durinodes: 10xgr
    Bw—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 2.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. reaction: eo; dom cinders durinodes: 5xgr; strong cambic - could be argillic.
    Bg1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; 23 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 2.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. reaction: eo; dom cinders, durinodes: 10xgr, 25x durinodes
    Bg2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. reaction: eo; dom cinders, durinodes: 35xgr, 40x durinode
    Bkg1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. reaction: es; dom cinders, durinodes: 60xgr. ihel. silica pendents.
    Bkgm—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); platy structure; very hard; brittle; fragments; clear wavy boundary. reaction: ev; dom cinders, durinodes: skel; continuous moderately cemented pan (no ind cup); haplic pan best - could be 'typic'.
    Bkg2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; extremely gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent clay; massive; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. reaction: ev; dom cinders, durinodes: 70xgr, 5xcb