IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amsterdam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MT031002
  • User Pedon ID: 80MT031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0425
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48201
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Gallatin County, Montana; 740 meters S and 13 meters E of the NW corner of Sec. 31. Oats Plot-60 lbs.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin
  • MLRA: 44—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F.Ratliff.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amsterdam
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Argic Cryoborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: low sand ridge
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02315. Common silt coatings at lower boundry.; common fine roots
    1B21t—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02316. Common silt coatings on faces of peds. Horizon is slightly compact and brittle. Carbonates are finely dispersed and not visible to the eye.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214707; patchy - phpvsfiid 214707
    1B22t—36 to 119 centimeters (14.2 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02317. Carbonates are finely dispersed.; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214708; patchy - phpvsfiid 214708
    1C1—119 to 178 centimeters (46.9 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent black stains; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02320. Carbonates are finely dispersed.; few black stains surface features; few very fine roots
    1C2—178 to 267 centimeters (70.1 to 105.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; silt loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02322. Carbonates are finely dispersed.