IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vanda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT043002
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT043002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0699
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63738
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.8576775
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1250381
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet W and 450 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vanda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic (calcareous) Ustic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1990 (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
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    E—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak very fine platy structure; soft, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03987
    C21—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; soft, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03988
    C22—15 to 69 centimeters (5.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03989
    C23—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03990
    C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P03991