IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SIMONTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ID039002
  • User Pedon ID: S1978ID039002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46191
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 43.4652786
  • Std. Longitude: -115.3847198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 33
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID039—Elmore
  • MLRA: 10A—Big and Little Wood River Footslopes and Plains (proposed)
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ID672—Elmore Area, Idaho, Parts of Elmore, Owyhee and Ada Counties

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Ultic Argixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SIMONTON
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    1493.5

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.
    A12—8 to 48 centimeters (3.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00025
    B1t—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.
    B21t—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.
    B22t—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 90 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00026
    B3t—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue.