IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Ferd
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1988MT051018
User Pedon ID:
88MT051018
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
88P0778
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
60896
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:
48.4082451
Std. Longitude:
-111.0480957
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
31N
Range:
5E
Section:
26
PLSS Details:
2600 feet E and 200 feet N of SW corner
Location Description:
Markrid
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 #:
18
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Ferd
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Creed
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic Borollic Natrargid
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1988
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Slope Shape Down:
concave
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
1
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931
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270
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; loose, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bt—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04086. common clay films surface features on faces of peds
Btk—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04087. common clay films surface features on faces of peds
Bk—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04088
Bky—84 to 91 centimeters (33.1 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, cresol red; clear wavy boundary.
C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, cresol red.