IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ismay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985MT079010
  • User Pedon ID: 85MT079010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0784
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57050
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 46.7599983
  • Std. Longitude: -104.8099976
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 55E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet N and 1700 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT079—Prairie
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Ustic Torrifluvents
  • 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 #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ismay
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ismay
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed (calcareous), frigid Ustic Torri
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    763

    225

    30

    1A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04171. many fine salt masses concentrations; common fine and medium roots; many very fine roots
    1C1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04172. Strata of silt loam and fine sandy loam.; common fine salt masses concentrations; common medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    1C2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04173. Strata of fine sandy loam, loam and silty clay loam.; common fine salt masses concentrations; common fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    1C3—64 to 127 centimeters (25.2 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 25 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine threadlike salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04174. Strata of clay loam, silt loam and fine sandy loam.; common fine salt masses concentrations; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    1C4—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, moist; loam; 22 percent clay; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike salt masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04175. Strata of clay loam, fine sandy loam and silt loam.; few fine salt masses concentrations; common very fine roots; very few to few 10YR42 mottles; very few to few 10YR56 mottles