IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gerrard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT077856
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT077856
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0350
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61454
  • 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: 46.3002777
  • Std. Longitude: -112.7647247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet W and 1850 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Powell County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT077—Powell

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Huey Long
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 856
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gerrard
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gerrard
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, fr
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 89P01929
    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01929. many very fine and fine roots
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) distinct mottles; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, nonsticky; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01930. many very fine and fine roots; common distinct 10YR66 mottles
    2C1—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) distinct mottles; single grain; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01931. many distinct 10YR66 mottles
    C2—58 to 152 centimeters (22.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; cobbly sand; single grain; loose, loose; fragments. Lab sample # 89P01932