IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maschetah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT031014
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT031014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988MT031014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0165
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61269
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 45.6722221
  • Std. Longitude: -111.2347260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet W and 400 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive Typic Calciborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Maschetah
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maschetah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Calciboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    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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    1494

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01125. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    Ap2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    Bk1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01126. common very fine roots
    Bk2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common very fine roots
    Bk3—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01127. few very fine roots