IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crago
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT001001
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0854
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60972
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 45.3333321
  • Std. Longitude: -112.9166641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet E and 300 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT001—Beaverhead

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, frigid Borollic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crago
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crago
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic Borollic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (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
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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; weak fine platy, and weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04528. ; common very fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bw—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04529. ; common fine roots; many very fine roots
    Bk1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine lime masses; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04530. ; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine roots; many very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bk2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium and coarse lime masses; 28 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 33 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 39 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04531. lime coatings and casts on surface of fragments, pendents on underside of fragment; many medium and coarse soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine roots; many very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bk3—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sandy loam; massive; loose, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine lime masses; 29 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 31 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04532. lime coating surface of frgments, lime and silica cementation on underside of fragments; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common very fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    Bk4—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine lime masses; 23 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 36 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 41 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04533. lime coatings on fragments, lime and silica cementation on underside of fragments; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    Bk5—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), white (10YR 8/1), dry; loam; massive; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent fine lime masses; 29 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 33 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 38 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04534. lime coatings on fragments, lime and silica cementation on underside of fragments; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    2C—147 to 201 centimeters (57.9 to 79.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry; coarse sandy loam; massive; loose, loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 13 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 47 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 88P04535. ; effervescence is continuous