IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gardencreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT089001
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60819
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 47.5902786
  • Std. Longitude: -114.5222244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1050 feet N and 900 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Sanders County, MT.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Aquic Xerofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gardencreek
  • PSC - 89 to 152 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gardencreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, nonacid, frigid Xeric Torrifluvent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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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    30

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    7

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03738. many fine and medium roots; few coarse roots
    1C1—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior, dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03739. many fine and medium roots; few coarse roots
    1C2—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03740. common fine and medium roots; few coarse roots
    1C3—61 to 109 centimeters (24.0 to 42.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03741. few fine and medium roots
    1C4—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) interior, olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 11 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03742. common fine faint 5Y54 mottles