IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Phillips
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT071009
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT071009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63024
  • 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: 47.8675003
  • Std. Longitude: -107.8997192
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 30E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet S and 1500 feet E of NW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT071—Phillips
  • MLRA: 52—Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chuck Gordon and Rick Bandy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Borollic Paleargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Phillips
  • PSC - 13 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Phillips
  • 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

  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—38

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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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    —

    806

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    45

    30

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    6

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06731. common fine and medium roots throughout
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06732. common fine and medium roots throughout
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06733. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 233851; continuous - phpvsfiid 233851
    Bt2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06734. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots between peds; effervescence is discontinuous; continuous - phpvsfiid 233852; continuous - phpvsfiid 233852
    Bk—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular lime masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06735. few fine lignite chips; common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common very fine and fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    Bky—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses and 11 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06736. few fine lignite chips; common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium nests of gypsum concentrations; common very fine and fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    By1—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 11 percent medium and coarse irregular gypsum crystal clusters; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P06737. lagline at 45' with 15% pebbles, few fine lignite chips; common medium and coarse nests of gypsum concentrations; few very fine and fine roots between peds; few fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    By2—142 to 203 centimeters (55.9 to 79.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 11 percent 2.5Y 3/0 (2.5Y 3/0) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium and coarse irregular gypsum crystal clusters; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 90P06738. & 90P6739; common fine lignite chips; common medium and coarse nests of gypsum concentrations; common fine faint 2.5Y30 mottles; effervescence is continuous