IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT043003
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT043003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0700
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63739
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 45.8582344
  • Std. Longitude: -112.1233749
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet W and 250 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 #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benz
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous) Ustic Torriorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03992. Structure: crusted on surface; few very fine roots
    Bk1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03993. Structure: flocculated; few fine roots
    Bk22—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay loam; strong fine prismatic structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine pores; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03994. common fine roots
    2C—53 to 102 centimeters (20.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P03995
    3C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P03996