IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hogheaven
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT089004
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT089004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0323
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62256
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 47.8402786
  • Std. Longitude: -114.6083298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet W and 2800 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Sanders County, Montana.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Haploxerolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hogheaven
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hogheaven
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, frigid Aquic Haploxeroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    0—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

    1

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    853

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    33

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    6

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    7

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01926. common medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Ap2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01927. common very fine and fine roots
    Bk1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01928. lime disseminated; common very fine and fine roots
    Bk2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01929. lime disseminated; few very fine and fine roots
    C1—53 to 107 centimeters (20.9 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01930. few very fine and fine roots; few fine 10YR58 mottles
    C2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) faint mottles; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P01931. common faint 10YR58 mottles