IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sunburst
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT041001
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT041001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0543
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62476
  • 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: 48.4968643
  • Std. Longitude: -109.8094482
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 2320 feet W and 290 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT041—Hill

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, frigid Ustic Torriorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sunburst
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), frigid Ustic Torri
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1990 (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

    6

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    805

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    270

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03114. few very fine roots; common very fine and fine roots
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03115. few very fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bk1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03116. common very fine and fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bk2—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03117. common very fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bky—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03118. few very fine roots; few very fine roots
    By—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P03119