IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ovando
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987MT077935
  • User Pedon ID: 87MT077935
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0445
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61549
  • 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: 46.8573914
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2914810
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet W and 1400 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT077—Powell

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arnie Irwin, Brian Dougherty
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 935
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ovando
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ovando
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryorthent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (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

    44

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    1661

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    135

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    O—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments.
    E1—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02485. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    E2—21 to 49 centimeters (8.3 to 19.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 very fine and fine pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02486. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    EB—49 to 94 centimeters (19.3 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02487. few medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    C—94 to 160 centimeters (37.0 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; coarse sandy loam; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P02488. few very fine and fine roots; few coarse roots