IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maschetah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT031012
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT031012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0163
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61267
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 45.6544456
  • Std. Longitude: -111.3613892
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet S and 2600 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maschetah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Calciborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01119. few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01120. few very fine and fine roots
    Bk2—58 to 152 centimeters (22.8 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; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01121. few very fine roots