IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elloam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT071011
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT071011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P1093
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63026
  • 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: 47.8675003
  • 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 Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elloam
  • PSC - 8 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elloam
  • 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 Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

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

    natric horizon

    0—8

    8—30

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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

    3

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    —

    806

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    45

    30

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    6

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    E—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P06749. few coarse roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout
    Bt—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium columnar, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P06750. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots between peds; common very fine and fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 233854; continuous - phpvsfiid 233854
    Bk—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium 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 # 90P06751. common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine and medium roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    Bkyz—61 to 114 centimeters (24.0 to 44.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses and 1 percent fine irregular gypsum masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P06752. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine masses of gypsum concentrations; few fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    Byz1—114 to 150 centimeters (44.9 to 59.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; clay loam; 1 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters and 11 percent medium irregular salt masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P06753. common medium nests of gypsum concentrations; common medium salt masses concentrations; few fine distinct 5Y31 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    Byz2—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent medium irregular gypsum crystal clusters and 1 percent medium irregular salt masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 90P06754. & 90P6755; few medium nests of gypsum concentrations; few medium salt masses concentrations; few fine prominent 10YR68 mottles; effervescence is continuous