IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ferd
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT051013
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT051013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0773
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60891
  • 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: 48.3646355
  • Std. Longitude: -110.8075333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 3200 feet E and 100 feet N of the SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT051—Liberty

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic Borollic Haplargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ferd
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greed
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Borollic Natrargid
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04065. many fine roots
    E—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04066. common fine roots
    Bt—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04067. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots
    Btk—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04068. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bk1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04069. few fine roots
    Bhz—41 to 91 centimeters (16.1 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few fine roots
    Byz—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; very fine platy structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog.