IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MONTOUR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956ID045024
  • User Pedon ID: S1956ID045024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34135
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.9468193
  • Std. Longitude: -116.3098602
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: In a pit 300 feet south and 165 feet east of the center of NW1/4
  • Location Description: Gem County, Idaho. Squaw Creek SCD. about 3 miles southeast of Sweet.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID045—Gem
  • MLRA: 10—Central Rocky and Blue Mountain Foothills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID660—Gem County Area, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leighty
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MONTOUR
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montour
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    18

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    45

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    Ap1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak thin platy parts to strong fine granular structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08112; dry when described;
    Ap2—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; coarse sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium granular structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08113; dry when described;
    B21—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08114; dry when described;
    B22—30 to 63 centimeters (11.8 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films and brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08115; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 181542; continuous - phpvsfiid 181596; continuous - phpvsfiid 181542; continuous - phpvsfiid 181596
    B31ca—63 to 84 centimeters (24.8 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08116; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 181543; continuous - phpvsfiid 181551; continuous - phpvsfiid 181543; continuous - phpvsfiid 181551
    B32—84 to 142 centimeters (33.1 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, cresol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08117; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 181552; continuous - phpvsfiid 181552
    B33ca—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; clay films; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red. Lab sample # 40A08118; moist when described;
    Cca—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); coarse sandy loam; massive; friable, weakly coherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A08119; moist when described;
    C—178 to 218 centimeters (70.1 to 85.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; very hard, weakly coherent; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A08120; moist when described;