IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Linwell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MT097013
  • User Pedon ID: 90MT097013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0259
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63306
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 45.7593613
  • Std. Longitude: -109.7785721
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet north and 2400 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: Logar Shurtliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy-skeletal, montmorillonitic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Linwell
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over loamy-skeletal, montmorillonitic
  • PSC - 20 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium material
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/2/1990 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01579
    Bt1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01580. continuous - phpvsfiid 265493; continuous - phpvsfiid 265493
    Bt2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 91P01581. continuous - phpvsfiid 265494; continuous - phpvsfiid 265494
    2Bk—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very gravelly sandy clay loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01582
    2BC—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-?-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 91P01583