IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ELVE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983MT041349
  • User Pedon ID: 83MT041349
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983MT041349
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0206
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53900
  • 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: 48.1632538
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7049942
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 525 feet north and 400 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT041—Hill
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT041—Hill County, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 349
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ELVE
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2004
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Not Designated
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1983 (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

    CARU

    PICO

    SHEPH

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Pinus contorta

    Shepherdia

    pinegrass

    lodgepole pine

    buffaloberry

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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

    42

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    O—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); muck; fragments.
    A21—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) cobbly loam; strong fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    A22—28 to 49 centimeters (11.0 to 19.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01071
    A&B—49 to 77 centimeters (19.3 to 30.3 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 12 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    B&A—77 to 112 centimeters (30.3 to 44.1 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine to medium pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01072
    B3—112 to 160 centimeters (44.1 to 63.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) extremely gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 12 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 84P01073