IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gerber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MT015003
  • User Pedon ID: 80MT015003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0423
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48199
  • 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: 47.7738876
  • Std. Longitude: -110.6827774
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 334 meters N and 2 meters W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Chouteau County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT015—Chouteau
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F. Ratliff.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Udorthentic Chromusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gerber
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gerber
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Argiboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02296. many fine roots
    1B21t—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; clay; moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02297. common fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 214704; continuous - phpvsfiid 214704
    1B22t—31 to 56 centimeters (12.2 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02298. Carbonates are finely dispersed and not visible to the eye. Sample depths 38-53 cm.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214705; patchy - phpvsfiid 214705
    1B3ca—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02299. 10 percent by volume soft masses CaCO3. Sample depths 69-84 cm.; few masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine roots
    1C1—97 to 155 centimeters (38.2 to 61.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; clay; massive; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02300. 15 percent by volume threads of gypsum. Few soft masses oflignious material and iron hydroxides. Sample depths 99-114 cm and sample 89P2301 130-145 cm.; few fine roots
    1C2—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm; 1 percent threadlike gypsum masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02302. Few films of gypsum. Sample depths 160-175 cm.; few masses of gypsum concentrations
    1C3—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; 1 percent medium faint mottles; massive; hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P02303. Sample depths 191-206 cm and 80P2304 221-236 cm.; few medium faint mottles