IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pozega
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT023859
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT023859
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0299
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61403
  • 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: 46.1947212
  • Std. Longitude: -112.7708359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet W and 200 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT023—Deer Lodge
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, subactive, frigid Aquic Calciorthids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 859
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pozega
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pozega
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, carbonatic, frigid Aquic Calciorthid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Az1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01662. 89P1662
    Az2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01663. 89P1663
    Bk1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01664. 89P1664
    Bk2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01665. 89P1665
    Bk3—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium roots; 10.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01666. 89P1666
    Ckg—74 to 137 centimeters (29.1 to 53.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1), white (10YR 8/1), dry; loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium roots; 10.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01667. 89P1667
    2C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loam; brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01668. 89P1668