IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Elloam
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1990MT071003
User Pedon ID:
90MT071003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
90P0700
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
62633
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
47.8277779
Std. Longitude:
-107.9041672
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
24N
Range:
30E
Section:
20
PLSS Details:
NW 1/4 SW 1/4
State:
Montana
County:
MT071—Phillips
PEDON
Describers Name:
C. Gordon and R. Bandy
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic Borollic Natrargids
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
3
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Elloam
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Elloam
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic Borollic Natrargid
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
5/1/1990
Moisture Class -
aridic (torric)
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
5/1/1990 (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
2
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E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bt—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P04116
Bky1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P04117
Bky2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
C—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog.