IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pendroy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MT055028
  • User Pedon ID: 77MT055028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45084
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 48.0172234
  • Std. Longitude: -105.3194427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 50E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 292 meters E and 456 meters N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: McCone County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT055—McCone

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Udorthentic Chromusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pendroy
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pendroy
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Ustertic
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    1A1p—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and strong very fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00394. many very fine roots
    1A12—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) interior, dry; clay; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Not sampled.; many very fine roots
    1B2sa—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) interior, dry; clay; strong fine and medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine salt masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00395. few fine salt masses concentrations; many very fine roots
    1B31sa—33 to 79 centimeters (13.0 to 31.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate and strong angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 11 percent fine salt masses; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00396. common fine salt masses concentrations; many very fine roots
    1B32cssa—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, gray (5Y 5/1) interior, dry; clay; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2 percent fine and medium gypsum masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Not sampled.; few to common fine and medium masses of gypsum concentrations; common very fine roots
    1C1cs—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, gray (5Y 5/1) interior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 11 percent medium and coarse gypsum masses; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; common medium and coarse masses of gypsum concentrations; few very fine roots