IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaverton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT097008
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT097008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0258
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63305
  • 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: 46.1490822
  • Std. Longitude: -110.0077515
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT097—Sweet Grass
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MT639—Sweet Grass County Area, Montana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Shurtliff and B. Logar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaverton
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed
  • PSC - 13 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial outwash material
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01576
    Bt1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; very gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 31 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01577
    Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01578
    2Bk—56 to 93 centimeters (22.0 to 36.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine pores; 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red; gradual smooth boundary.
    2C—93 to 152 centimeters (36.6 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, cresol red.