IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Absher
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT071008
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT071008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1090
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63023
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 2500 feet N and 600 feet E, SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT071—Phillips
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chuck Gordon and Rick Bandy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, frigid Borollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Absher
  • PSC - 3 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Absher
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Borollic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 70.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    natric horizon

    3—36

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    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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    788

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    270

    30

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    6

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    E—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; moderate thin platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; moderate medium columnar structure; hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 2.5 medium roots between peds; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06724. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots between peds; common medium roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 233849; continuous - phpvsfiid 233849
    Btk—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 15 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06725. few medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine and medium roots between peds; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233850; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233850
    Bkyz—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; irregular salt masses and 11 percent medium irregular lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06726. common medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few very fine and fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    Byz1—51 to 107 centimeters (20.1 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 11 percent medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters and 11 percent medium irregular salt masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P06727. common medium nests of gypsum concentrations; common medium salt masses concentrations; few very fine and fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    Byz2—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; clay loam; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse prominent mottles; strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; fine and medium irregular salt masses and 11 percent medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06728. common medium nests of gypsum concentrations; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common coarse prominent 10YR66 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    By—130 to 178 centimeters (51.2 to 70.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06729. common fine and medium nests of gypsum concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    C—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 90P06730. few medium strata with loam texture; effervescence is continuous