IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rittel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT049007
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT049007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991MT049007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64745
  • 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: 47.3248978
  • Std. Longitude: -112.5009079
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1350 feet N and 2600 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT049—Lewis and Clark

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LCB, PEM
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rittel
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rittel
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Eutroboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    CARU

    FRAGA

    JUNIP

    PICO

    POTEN

    PSME

    ROSA5

    THALI2

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Fragaria

    Juniperus

    Pinus contorta

    Potentilla

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Rosa

    Thalictrum

    pinegrass

    strawberry

    juniper

    lodgepole pine

    cinquefoil

    Douglas-fir

    rose

    meadow-rue

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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

    18

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    1585

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    90

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. not well decomposed pine needles, twigs, and roots
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate thin platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02941
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine platy parts to moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02942. continuous gray silt and sand grains on peds
    BtE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02943
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02944
    Bt2—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02945
    Bt3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02946
    CR—86 to 157 centimeters (33.9 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02947. semi-consolidated shale, two medicine formation