IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mccalla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007MT081003
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MT081003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0786
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19579
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.5783348
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1066666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT081—Ravalli
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT645—Bitterroot Valley Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JMS/EMR
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mccalla
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/2015
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Poverty, like
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive Typic Endoaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash fan
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/2007 (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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—20

    21—63

    63—

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/20/2007

    50

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    16
    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

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    3362

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium interstitial and 5.0 fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-15 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04791
    A2—5 to 21 centimeters (2.0 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium interstitial and 4.0 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04792
    Bw—21 to 63 centimeters (8.3 to 24.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very cobbly sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 medium interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N04793
    BC—63 to 87 centimeters (24.8 to 34.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very gravelly sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine interstitial and 2.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent medium distinct irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N04794
    C1—87 to 109 centimeters (34.3 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) extremely cobbly loamy coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium distinct irregular gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 30 percent coarse prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04795
    C2—109 to 141 centimeters (42.9 to 55.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) very cobbly coarse sand; 95 percent sand; 5 percent silt; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume flat angular 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 07N04796