IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Round Butte
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT089013
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT089013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0858
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63896
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 47.4622231
  • Std. Longitude: -114.4022217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet W and 1800 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Big Bend - Flathead River.
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, frigid Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Round Butte
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, frigid Typic Natrixeralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    10

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    823

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    180

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak thin platy structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05178. common very fine and fine roots
    Bt—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05179. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    Btk—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05180. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots
    Bk—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak thin platy structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05181. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine roots
    C1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silt loam, silty clay loam; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05182. varves; common fine roots
    C2—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), moist; silt loam; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05183. few fine roots
    C3—69 to 152 centimeters (27.2 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; silt loam, silty clay loam; 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 91P05184. and 91P5185; varves; few fine roots