IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Remount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT089004
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT089004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0088
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61192
  • 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: 47.4752769
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6041641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet E and 1200 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Sanders County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Aridic Argixerolls
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Remount
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Remount
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Aridic Argixeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—64

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    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

    15

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    884

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    36

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    6

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    7

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00788. few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; very gravelly loam; weak and moderate subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00789. combined A horizons 7 to 12 inches thick; few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots
    Bt—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; weak and moderate subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00790. few fine and medium roots
    Btk—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; loose, loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; faint clay films on faces of peds; 85 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00791. combined Bt horizons 8 to 16 inches thick; few very fine and fine roots
    Bk—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 85 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P00792. few very fine roots