IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Meadowcreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT049013
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT049013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64743
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.6429558
  • Std. Longitude: -112.0139389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet S and 2000 feet E of NW 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 #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Meadowcreek
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Fluvaquentic Haploborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1976
  • 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: 5/20/1976 (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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02931
    A1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02932
    A2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02933
    Bg1—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam, silt loam; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02934. mottles from root stains
    Bg2—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam, loam; 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine mottles; weak fine columnar structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P02935. few pebbles
    2C—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very gravelly sand; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02936. variegated colors