IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Braziel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989MT0391249
  • User Pedon ID: 89MT0391249
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1989MT0391249
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0313
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64552
  • 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: 46.6430550
  • Std. Longitude: -113.2561111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet W and 300 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT039—Granite

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B.D. Dougherty
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 124
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Braziel
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Pachic Argiborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1989 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGSP

    FEID

    KOCR

    Agropyron spicatum

    Festuca idahoensis

    Koeleria cristata

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    Idaho fescue

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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

    28

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    1518

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    180

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01911. many very fine and fine roots; many medium roots
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01912. many very fine and fine roots; many medium roots
    Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01913. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bt2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01914. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bt3—58 to 109 centimeters (22.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01915. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots
    BC—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; extremely gravelly loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine continuous tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. few very fine and fine roots