IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Horseplains
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT089001
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0324
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62257
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.4877777
  • Std. Longitude: -114.9216690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet N and 500 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Sanders County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Xerofluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Horseplains
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Horseplains
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Xerofluvent
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    0—18

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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

    1

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    —

    762

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    43

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    —

    6

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    7

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01932. common coarse roots; many fine and medium roots
    C1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01933. few coarse roots; common medium roots
    C2—25 to 89 centimeters (9.8 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand, fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01934. few coarse roots; common medium roots
    C3—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01935
    C4—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy fine sand, fine sand; single grain; loose; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P01936. few coarse roots; common fine and medium roots