IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rittel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989MT0771253
  • User Pedon ID: 89MT0771253
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0541
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63583
  • Print Date: 5/9/2025

    • 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: 46.6969452
  • Std. Longitude: -112.9341660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet E and 2150 feet N, SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT077—Powell

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brian D. Dougherty
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 125
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rittel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Eutroboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (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
    • 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

    38

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    1634

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    315

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    O—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. undecomposed twigs & needles
    O—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. decomposed litter
    E1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 5.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03123. many fine and medium roots; many coarse roots
    E2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 5.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03124. many fine and medium roots; many coarse roots
    E/Bt—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 5.5 coarse roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03125. many fine and medium roots; many coarse roots
    Bt—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03126. common fine and medium roots
    Cr1—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed, 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, dry; fragments. Lab sample # 91P03127. shale, semiconsolidated
    Cr2—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed, 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, dry; fragments. Lab sample # 91P03128. shale, semiconsolidated