IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ambrosecreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07MT081012
  • User Pedon ID: 07MT081012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0795
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 46.1885910
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1483002
  • Datum: WGS84
  • County: MT081—Ravalli

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jay Skovlin, Beth Rowley
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ambrosecreek
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2007
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—27

    27—89

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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

    3

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    1143

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    Ap—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 47 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04840
    Bw1—27 to 51 centimeters (10.6 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04841
    Bw2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04842
    Bw3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; gravelly loam; 37 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04843
    C1—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 10 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine irregular pores; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04844
    C2—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; extremely gravelly coarse sand; 95 percent sand; 5 percent silt; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine interstitial pores; 70 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 07N04845