IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amsterdam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT031016
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT031016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0167
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61271
  • 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: 45.9688873
  • Std. Longitude: -111.1469421
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet W and 2300 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT031—Gallatin

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 16
  • 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 - 2
  • 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

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01131. common very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01132. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—38 to 102 centimeters (15.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01134. few very fine and fine roots
    Bk2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence.