IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amsterdam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT031011
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT031011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0162
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61266
  • 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: 45.7280540
  • Std. Longitude: -111.2563858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet S and 2900 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amsterdam
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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

    2

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    1402

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01116. few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bw1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bw2—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01117. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bk1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    Bk2—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01118. few medium roots; few very fine roots