IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baxendale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT049002
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT049002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991MT049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0498
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64737
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 46.5760117
  • Std. Longitude: -112.2408829
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet W and 1800 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT049—Lewis and Clark

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LCB, PM
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxendale
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Argiborolls
  • PSC - 23 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8P-67
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CEBI2

    Centaurea biebersteinii

    spotted knapweed

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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

    7

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    406

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    6.1

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    6.7

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02903
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak massive parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02904
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02905
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; cobbly sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02906. in Bt2 horizon, most is gray color - 60% gray (2.5Y 4/2) and 40% (5YR 5/8)
    C—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; coarse gravelly sand; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02907. few, very fine roots in the upper part, (2.5Y 4/2) is the dominant color