IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Relyea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT077921
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT077921
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0298
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61402
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.7391663
  • Std. Longitude: -112.6941681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 2700 feet E and 1900 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT077—Powell
  • MLRA: 43B—Central Rocky Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT644—Powell County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal Typic Cryoboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 921
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Relyea
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Relyea
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal Typic Cryoboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    45

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Undecomposed and decomposed forest litter
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01657. 89P1657
    Bt/e—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 10.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01658. 89P1658
    Bt—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01659. 89P1659; black organic stains on ped surfaces
    Btk—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01660. 89P1660
    Bk—76 to 157 centimeters (29.9 to 61.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 10.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01661. 89P1661