IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carten
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT0391031
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT0391031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0319
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64558
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.3136101
  • Std. Longitude: -113.3041687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet N and 1800 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT039—Granite

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 103
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carten
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Aquic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    4

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    1585

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    315

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P01940. few coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01941. many very fine and fine roots
    2C1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01942. common very fine and fine roots
    2C2—61 to 152 centimeters (24.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 92P01943. few very fine roots