IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sawbuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT049008
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT049008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991MT049008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0507
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64746
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 46.9954567
  • Std. Longitude: -111.8692169
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet N and 1300 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT049—Lewis and Clark

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LCB, PM
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sawbuck
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sawbuck
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Argiboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountainside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1979 (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

    ARNIC

    CARU

    FRAGA

    GERAN

    PHYSO

    THALI2

    Arnica

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Fragaria

    Geranium

    Physocarpus

    Thalictrum

    arnica

    pinegrass

    strawberry

    geranium

    ninebark

    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

    35

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    1615

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. partially decomposed twigs and needles
    A1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02948
    A2—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02949. many gray silt and sand grains
    Bt1—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02950. many gray silt and sand grains
    Bt2—41 to 105 centimeters (16.1 to 41.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 50 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02951. 50% angular gravels, few cobbles
    Bt3—105 to 125 centimeters (41.3 to 49.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 75 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 40 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02952. 40% angular gravels
    Bt4—125 to 155 centimeters (49.2 to 61.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02953. 15% angular gravel, sandstone, and hard shale fragments to two layers about 2"""" thick that are dark (5Y 3/2) moist