IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vastine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT0771216
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT0771216
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0550
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61652
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 46.3036118
  • Std. Longitude: -112.7652740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet S and 200 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT077—Powell

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 121
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vastine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Haplaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (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 38 centimeters (0.0 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) prominent mottles; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03057. many very fine and fine roots; many medium roots; many prominent 10YR56 mottles
    Bw—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P03058. many very fine and fine roots; many medium roots
    Bw—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03059. many very fine roots; few faint 2.5YR58 mottles
    2Cg—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 30 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P03060. many very fine and fine roots; many coarse prominent 2.5YR58 mottles