IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Millpocket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MT089006
  • User Pedon ID: 88MT089006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0090
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61194
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.7527771
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6988907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 3000 feet S and 1950 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, frigid Natric Haploxeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Millpocket
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Connah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic Natric Haploxeralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • 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: 9/1/1988 (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
  • 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

    6

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    914

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    46

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    7

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. undecomposed and partially decomposed forest litter
    E—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; 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 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00798. few coarse roots; many fine and medium roots
    E/Bt—21 to 31 centimeters (8.3 to 12.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam, silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00799. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots; common fine roots
    Bt—31 to 54 centimeters (12.2 to 21.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00800. many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few coarse roots; common fine roots
    Btk—54 to 74 centimeters (21.3 to 29.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00801. common soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots; common fine roots
    Bk—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00802. common soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots
    BC—102 to 155 centimeters (40.2 to 61.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silty clay; massive; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P00803