IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): POLSON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MT047006
  • User Pedon ID: 84MT047006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984MT047006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0359
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56075
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 47.6071053
  • Std. Longitude: -114.1756897
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet north and 400 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT047—Lake
  • MLRA: 44A—Northern Rocky Mountain Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT629—Lake County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.D. & A.A.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Typic Natrixerolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - POLSON
  • PSC - 28 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/2004
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Polson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Typic Natrixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1984
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial
  • Landform: fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1984 (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

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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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

    0

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    954

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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary.
    B—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01722
    BC—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BC—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01723
    C—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence.