IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Esteslake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MT047457
  • User Pedon ID: 81MT047457
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0417
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59712
  • 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: 47.6827774
  • Std. Longitude: -114.3866653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet S and 1200 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Lake County, MT.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT047—Lake

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, frigid Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 457
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Esteslake
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Esteslake
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, frigid Natric Camborthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    2

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    854

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    30

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    7

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    1E—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse platy, and strong coarse granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02184. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02185. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bw2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02186. common very fine and fine roots
    1Bk—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02187. few very fine and fine roots
    1C1—48 to 104 centimeters (18.9 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02188. few fine roots
    1C2—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P02189