IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amesha
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987MT031004
  • User Pedon ID: 87MT031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0337
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60455
  • 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: 45.8241653
  • Std. Longitude: -111.6247253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet W and 2900 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive Borollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amesha
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amesha
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Borollic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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
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    1342

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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    1Bk1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01746
    1Bk2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01747
    1Bk3—61 to 152 centimeters (24.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P01748