IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dryfork
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT089003
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT089003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0703
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60821
  • 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: 47.7269440
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6472244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet S and 500 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dryfork
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed Xerollic Camborthids
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    2

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    854

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    30

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    7

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    1A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03748. many fine roots; few coarse roots
    1Bw—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, moist; silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03749. common fine roots
    1Bk1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03750. few fine roots
    1Bk2—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03751
    1C—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03752