IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boxwell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MT077212
  • User Pedon ID: 77MT077212
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0353
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61457
  • 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: 46.5055542
  • Std. Longitude: -112.7783356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2150 feet W and 2100 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: Powell County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT077—Powell

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 212
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxwell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy Aridic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1977 (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
    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

    12

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    1417

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    45

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01944. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01945. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01946. few fine roots
    Bk2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01947. few fine roots
    Cr—91 to 168 centimeters (35.8 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 89P01948