IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amsterdam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT031007
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT031007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0159
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61263
  • 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: 45.6872215
  • Std. Longitude: -111.4233322
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet N and 2300 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amsterdam
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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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    1554

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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; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01107. few fine and medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01108. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk2—64 to 124 centimeters (25.2 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01109. few very fine and fine roots
    Bk3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. few very fine and fine roots