IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SIMONTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978ID039005
  • User Pedon ID: S1978ID039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46194
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 43.4208336
  • Std. Longitude: -115.3458328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 14
  • 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SIMONTON
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/2004
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Simonton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Ultic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: plain
  • 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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    A11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary.
    A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00029
    B21t—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; 5 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00030
    B22t—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 39 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00031
    B3t—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary.
    C1—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple.