IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elkrock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT089003
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT089003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0528
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63570
  • 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: 47.4947205
  • Std. Longitude: -114.9330521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet S and 2400 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Vitrandic Xerochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkrock
  • Classificaton Date - 2/20/2008
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elkrock
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Xerochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1991 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    3

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter, partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 91P03056. Undecomposed AN & Slightly decomposed forest litter
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; cobbly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03055. common coarse roots; many fine and medium roots
    Bw—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P03056. few coarse roots; many fine and medium roots
    C—38 to 157 centimeters (15.0 to 61.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; extremely cobbly loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P03057. few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots