IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Toston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT007001
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0712
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60830
  • 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: 46.1372223
  • Std. Longitude: -111.5425034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT007—Broadwater

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Natrargids
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Toston
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Toston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
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    1Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. few fine roots
    1Bt—8 to 203 centimeters (3.1 to 79.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 9.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03800. few fine and medium roots
    1Bky—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03801
    1C1—41 to 86 centimeters (16.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 11 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03802. common fine distinct 10YR43 mottles
    1C2—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; stratified loam to sandy loam; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03803. common fine distinct 10YR53 mottles