IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMBRANT
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983MT015380
  • User Pedon ID: 83MT015380
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983MT015380
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0207
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53901
  • 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: 48.1888084
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7994385
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet south and 1600 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT015—Chouteau
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT615—Chouteau County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Udic Ustochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 380
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - AMBRANT
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2004
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: weathered igneous bedrock
  • Landform: steep mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PSEUD7

    ROSA5

    SYMPH

    Pseudotsuga

    Rosa

    Symphoricarpos

    Douglas-fir

    rose

    snowberry

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    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

    35

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    45

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    O—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); muck; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    A1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01074
    Bw2—30 to 63 centimeters (11.8 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red. Lab sample # 84P01074
    Bw3—63 to 119 centimeters (24.8 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01075
    C—119 to 162 centimeters (46.9 to 63.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; single grain; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01076