IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaverell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989MT077001
  • User Pedon ID: 89MT077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0444
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64683
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 46.2805557
  • Std. Longitude: -112.7900009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2700 feet W and 150 feet S of NE corner
  • Location Description: Soil map 4E1; Racetrack, MT 7.5 minute Quad.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT077—Powell
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT644—Powell County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ted Becks
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaverell
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Aridic Argiborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1989
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1989 (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
    • 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

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    1463

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    90

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; cobbly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02684
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; cobbly sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02685
    B—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; very cobbly coarse sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02686
    BC—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02687
    2C1—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; extremely cobbly sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) prominent mottles; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02688
    2C2—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; extremely cobbly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02689