IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MT083001
  • User Pedon ID: 80MT083001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0426
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48202
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.7688904
  • Std. Longitude: -104.2461090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 58E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 780 meters S and 240 meters E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Richland County, Montana. Rasmussan Research site.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT083—Richland
  • MLRA: 53A—Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F. Ratliff.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Typic Argiborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Williams
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williams
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic 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
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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, very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02325. common very fine and fine roots
    1B2t—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02326. 2 to 3 percent by volume small pebbles.; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214710; patchy - phpvsfiid 214710
    1B3ca—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02327. 2 to 3 percent by volume samll pebbles. 15 to 20 percent by volume of threads and soft masses CaCO3.; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214711; patchy - phpvsfiid 214711
    1C1ca—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; weak fine prismatic structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02328. 2 to 5 percent by volume small pebbles. 15 to 20 percent by volume of threads and soft masses of CaCO3.; few fine roots
    1C2ca—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P02329. 1 to 10 percent silica pebbles percentage increasing with depth. 5 to 10 percent by volume of threads masses and concretions CaCO3.