IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amsterdam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT031006
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT031006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0158
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61262
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 45.9688873
  • Std. Longitude: -111.0999985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet N and 750 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amsterdam
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    1596

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01104. common very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01105. common very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01106. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk2—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. few very fine and fine roots