IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT049011
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT049011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64740
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 46.6226768
  • Std. Longitude: -111.9747696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet N and 2400 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT049—Lewis and Clark

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Bingham, M. Berg
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairway
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Fluvaquentic Haploborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1976
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    305

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    6.1

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    6.7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine platy parts to moderate very fine and fine columnar structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02915. common medium coarse alfalfa roots
    A2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02916. common and medium coarse alfalfa roots; few pebbles and sand in lower part with lime casts on underside of pebbles
    Bk—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02917. common and medium coarse alfalfa roots; few fine seams and spots of Ca carbonate
    Bg—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02918
    2Cg—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sand; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02919